The Algerian Navy’s second C28A-class corvette El Fatih recently test-fired its C-802A anti-ship missile.
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Turkish Admiral seeking asylum in U.S.
A Turkish Admiral working at the headquarters of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia is said to be seeking asylum in the United States as the Turkish government had issued a detention order for him.
South Korean Marines firing the Spike-NLOS
Jane’s: India to take over last three Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates
Russia will sell three Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates to India as they lacked the turbine engines to power the ships, due to an arms embargo from Ukraine.
Mil.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Tree and Refrigerator Bombs
The Qayyarah bridge is the only crossing along the Tigris that connects Mosul and Baghdad. Since being occupied by Iraqi military, ISIL fighters have been trying to destroy the military bridge that now span across the river. In order to achieve that, they packed explosives into tree trunks and a refrigerator and float them down from upstream in an attempt to blow up bridge.
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Aaron Ansarov [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Armscor got hacked, invoices out for all to see
Hacking group Anonymous has managed to penetrate the servers of South African weapons procurement agency Armscor and took away the company’s invoices from the past two years.
Russian Black Sea fleet to get 3 Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates this year
Commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Adm. Aleksander Vitko, said three Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates will come under his command by end of the year.
Mil.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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