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UAE intercepts 2 ballistic missiles as tensions with Yemen's Houthis rise
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], January 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The Defense Ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Monday that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia.
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Russia to send 12 aircraft, 3 missile divisions to Belarus to test union d
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia will deploy 12 aircraft, two missile defense divisions and one missile and gun systems division to Belarus as part of the two-stage test of the response forces of the Union State between the two nations, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexa
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Russia conducts tests of S-500 Anti-Missile defense systems in Arctic regi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 29 (ANI/ Sputnik): Russia has recently conducted routine tests of S-500 anti-missile defense systems in its Arctic region, but prototypes of S-550 have yet to be developed, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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Baghdad's Green Zone targeted by two rockets, C-RAM defense system activat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Two rockets were fired towards the Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, media reported in the early hours of Sunday.
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India may become first in line to buy Russian air defence system S-500: De
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI): Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov on Monday said that India may become the first in line to buy Russian air defence system S-500, if it expresses such a desire after the Russian Armed Forces receive them in the required quantity.
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Russia ready to supply Turkey with 2nd batch of S-400 systems: Kremlin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia is ready to supply Turkey, an "old friend of Greece", with the second batch of S-400 air defense systems, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the Greek TV channel ANT1.
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UK, Poland sign agreement on plans to cooperate on creating Air Defense Sy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom and Poland have signed an agreement on the intention to create a new air defense system, the UK Ministry of Defense said.
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Russia starts supplying S-400 Air Defense Systems to India: Govt
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has started delivering the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to India, the deliveries are going as planned, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik ahead of the Duba
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US Senators urge Biden administration to waive sanctions against India for
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): Two US Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to waive Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions against India for buying military arms from Russia.
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Syria used no air defense at Israel's F-16s due to 2 civilian planes nearb
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 15 (Sputnik): The Syrian military decided not to use air defense systems at the time of the Israeli aviation attack on Wednesday, since there were two civil aircraft in the affected area, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliatio
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Pakistan Air Defence System put in danger by China
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] July 20 (ANI): Pakistan's air defence systems deployed on its eastern border is in danger due to technical failures. The system purchased from China for millions of USD is now plagued with several technical failures.
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Alarm activated at US Embassy in Iraq over unknown flying object
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraqi) July 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Alarm sirens were turned on at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the air defense system was activated over an "unknown object" in the sky above the embassy, Iraqi television channel Al Sumaria reported citing a security source.
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