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DefenseIsrael: missiles from Gaza and Tel Aviv responds with fighter planes
15 Hamas targets hit
During the evening of September 10th, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking from the stage in the town of Ashdod. Late yesterday afternoon he had declared his intention to annex the Jordan... more
DefenseIsrael: Iran is carrying out illegal nuclear tests
Tehran: only excuses to start a war
According to a September 9 statement made by Israel to the Jerusalem Foreign Ministry, Iran would have developed nuclear weapons in a secret location near the city of Abadeh, but Tehran would have destroyed... more
DefenseRussia and France in a joint plan for Iran
The two powers will make anything to afford that Tehran maintains the agreement
Through the Kremlin press office after a telephone conversation, on September 7, the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have expressed a willingness to cooperate... more
DefensePalestinian drone aircraft strikes Israel
Tel Aviv responds with at least seven missile attacks
A Palestinian drone aircraft was launched from the Gaza Strip to Israel on 7 September and dropped explosive material that hit, damaging it, an Army vehicle. On September 8, Tel Aviv responded with at... more
DefenseEurope and Iran: diplomatic Germany and available France
Rigid Tehran, but it announces British oil tanker release
Today on September 6th is a date that coincides with the deadline (extended by another two months) of the ultimatum given by Iran to save the 2015 Nuclear Deal (see AVIONEWS). On September 3, other US... more
DefenseRussian "Spy" would have appropriated General Electric's secret documents
The information would be used for the development of the Irkut MC-21 aircraft -VIDEO
Aleksandr Korshunov is a Russian manager of ODK, a company that produces engines. He was arrested in Naples on September 5 for industrial espionage at the request of the USA. According to Russian media,... more
DefenseIndia orders USD 14.5 bn in arms from Russia
Military cooperation between the two countries is growing
Dmitry Shugayev, head of the federal service for Russian technical-military cooperation, said today, September 4, that India has ordered Russia a total of USD 14.5 billion in weapons and other military... more
DefenseIran: ultimatum to the "European Powers"
Granted another two months, then nuclear deal violation
Today, on September 4, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gave an ultimatum to the European powers: only another two months of extension will be granted to September 6 to save the Iran Nuclear Deal and warned... more
DefenseBelarus: the country will not withdraw from the "INF" Treaty
The world draws a sigh of relief for once
The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared today that his country has not withdrawn from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and will not produce atomic missiles or deploy them... more
DefenseWars in progress: looking at the conflicts of the world
69 States and 824 groups involved
A cliché says that there are conflicts in the world that are hardly spoken of. To date on September 3, 2019, according to the site "Wars in the world" on the planet are 69 States at war and 824 militias... more
DefenseFrance: USD 15 bn for Iran
The financial package serves to contain the losses of US sanctions
The Iranian delegation arrived in Paris on Monday to work out the details of a financial rescue package that the French President, Emmanuel Macron, intends to use to compensate Iran for oil sales lost... more
DefenseRussia: Tu-22M3 missile bomber aircraft repaired
It passed all the ground and flight tests - VIDEO
The press office of Tupolev, a Russian company operating in the civil and military aerospace sectors belonging to the United Aircraft Corporation, announced today on August 30 in a note that a Tu-22M3... more
DefenseSyria and Russia: attack against rebels intensified
Russian jets drop new bombs in Idlib
Today, on August 30, Colonel Mustafa Bakour, commander of the "Jaish al Izza" rebel group, announced that Syria and Russia would intensify the offensive against the last major rebel stronghold of Damascus... more
DefensePakistan: successful launch of "Ghaznavi" missile
The President of Islamabad congratulates - VIDEO
General Asif Ghafur, press office of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, announced on August 29 that the launch test of "Ghaznavi" (also called Hatf-3) a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying... more
DefenseIranian rocket exploded on its launch pad
The missile remains from the satellite images
On August 29, a Tehran rocket exploded on its launch platform in the space center of Imam Ruhollah Khomein at the Iranian province of Semnan. The exercise, criticized by the United States for an alleged... more
DefenseUS MC-130J airplane flies along the "midline" between China and Taiwan
Nothing abnormal, but unusual
Today, on August 29, according to the Taiwan Defense Ministry, a US Commando MC-130J tanker flew along the border line between the China and the Island. It left the Kadena air base in Japan, reached the... more
DefenseChina is preparing a colossal military parade
The 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1st
According to international sources China will present its most technologically advanced weapons in Beijing on October 1st, which has defined itself as the "largest military parade in history" to celebrate... more
DefenseTrump inaugurates the "US Space Command"
The ceremony today at the "Oval Office"
Today, on August 29 at 4:00 pm local time, "The United States Space Command" will be officially restored and President Trump will organize a ceremony at his Oval Office. Air Force General John Raymond... more
DefenseNew aircraft strikes in Syria
Bombing in the north-western area
Today, on August 28, new Syrian airstrikes near a Turkish military base in northwestern Syria at the village of Sher Maghar on the borders of the province of Hama and Idlib where the Army, supported by... more
DefenseHezbollah will respond "surprisingly" to Israel's drones
Jerusalem worried but excludes a war
Hezbollah has made it known that it will respond soon to the drones sent by Israel to Beirut with a "surprise" protest. Lebanese leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah described the incidents as the first Israeli... more
DefenseRussia and Turkey: joint military production
Decisions taken after the encounter at the "Maks Air Show 2019" - VIDEO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday August 27 that Turkey is interested in joint military production with Russia including missile defense systems and combat aircraft, following talks... more
DefenseChina disappointed by the G7
No one intrudes on Hong Kong
A dissatisfied China emerges from the summit which ended yesterday on August 26 in Biarritz (see AVIONEWS) and it brought together the most important world powers (USA, Japan, Germany, France, Great Britain,... more
DefenseIran: the US lift the sanctions and we will start the dialogue
Never wanted nuclear weapons for a "fatwa"
The world seemed to see a glimmer of light following the words by French President Emmanuel Macron about a possible resumption of dialogue between Usa and Iran (see AVIONEWS), immediately cooled by Trump's... more
DefenseG7: Canadair aircraft for the Amazon and reassurances about China and Iran
"Productive" summit according to Donald Trump
The summit "G7" that brings together world leaders at Biarritz in France (see AVIONEWS) was held constructively until today. US President Donald Trump used conciliatory words on Beijing and Tehran: he... more
DefensePutin: "symmetrical response" to the US missile
China is also getting ready
The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed in Washington in 1987 by Ronald Reagan and Michail Gorbacev to put an end to the use of intermediate range nuclear missiles installed by the US and... more
DefenseNorth Korea does not bow to sanctions
Ri Yong-ho, Minister of Foreign Affairs: US made miscalculation
North Korea shows no failures in the face of heavy US sanctions to the point that Ri Yong-ho, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Democratic Republic, has come to say on August 23 that US Secretary... more
Defense"Bavar 373": the new Iranian missile is arrived
Rouhani: "if the enemy attacks we cannot just pray not to do it" - VIDEO
The new "Bavar 373" missile system was presented today by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of National Defense Industry Day. The new armament comes in the context of a climate of strong... more
DefenseSouth Korea: stop the information sharing agreement with Japan
United States alarmed
South Korea declared on Thursday August 22 that it will abandon the information sharing pact with Japanese military intelligence. The agreement was a barometer of relations between Seoul and Tokyo and... more
DefenseNorth Korea: no dialogue with USA if military exercises with Seoul will continue
A new cold war?
Pyongyang declared today on August 22 that it had no interest in resuming nuclear dialogue with the US until the Americans stop "hostile military activities". North Korea, which in recent weeks has launched... more
DefenseG7: the return of Moscow will be discussed
Armed with the French coast to host the powerful in Biarritz
One of the focuses of the G7 to be held from August 24 to 26, 2019 will be the return of Moscow: both France and the United States agree to transform the summit with the 7 largest advanced economies in... more