Defence`s Feeds

Iran is providing "explosive boat technology", unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and missile support to Yemen's rebels, US Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on 11 May. The rebels are believed to have used an unmanned boat loaded

Animal Liberation Front activists claimed responsibility for hacking the website of the Branfere zoo.

In Leipzig, anarchists claimed responsibility for setting fire to the electricity wires of two railway lines to oppose Deutsche Bahn's plans to evict squatters from one of its unused buildings on 20 March.

In Taunusstein, anarchists claimed responsibility for throwing paint at the Zum Taunus restaurant on 24 March, claiming that AfD members were its regular clients.

Hostility from most of Afghanistan's tribes to the Islamic State means its prospects for gaining a major foothold in the country remain minimal, although estimates of the number of Islamic State fighters in the country vary widely. More importantly, the Islamic State faces a major adversary in the

ACCORDING to media reports on 8 May, 20 Islamic State militants were killed, three suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs) and a stash of weapons were destroyed when army forces, supported by the United States-led coalition, advanced and combed an area 100km from Haditha in

The Australian government has secured the purchase of additional land to substantially increase the size of the ship and submarine building facility at Osborne, Adelaide, for the country's AUD89 billion (USD66 billion) naval shipbuilding programme. Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne

Boeing has been awarded a USD488.1 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to remanufacture 38 WAH-64D Apache Longbow AH1 attack helicopters to the latest AH-64E Apache Guardian standard for the United Kingdom. The contract, which was announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 11 May,

Chile's state-run shipyard ASMAR Astilleros commenced the construction of a new icebreaker in a ceremony on 9 May. The vessel is scheduled to be completed within four years at a cost of USD217 million, according to the Chilean Ministry of Defence. The new icebreaker will measure approximately 125 m

In Santiago, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for placing an improvised explosive device (IED) outside a dealership of commercial vehicles on 5 May.

Hensoldt, a German company specialising in sensors for military aircraft, has reached a deal to acquire EuroAvionics, the company announced on 12 May. EuroAvionics is currently held by private-equity group Equistone Partners Europe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EuroAvionics is a

EVENT Four armed individuals robbed a high-street bank branch of state-owned Banco de la Nación in La Victoria district of the capital Lima, taking between USD20,000 and USD25,000. The armed robbers carried Glock pistols and Mini UZI sub-machine guns and escaped in a BMW vehicle. No arrests

Turkey's state-own Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) presented a number of new small arms system at the IDEF 2017 defence exhibition in Istanbul this month. The company extended the line of the MPT-76 National Infantry Rifle, chambered for the 7.62x51 mm NATO round, by introducing a

FOUR people were killed and 10 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted inside a vehicle, detonated in al-Shola district east of Iraq's capital Baghdad on 11 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

ONE civilian was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a road detonated in Jisr Diyala area east of Iraq's capital Baghdad on 7 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

THREE civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a road detonated in Arab Jubour in Al-Dura area in Al-Rashid district Iraq's Baghdad province on 7 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

THREE people were wounded when five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on a roadside detonated and hit a passenger bus near Kou Hadr area in Syria's Suweida governorate on 7 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

ONE person was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near a marketplace in Suwaib southwest of Iraq's capital Baghdad in Baghdad governorate on 9 May, Iraqi news reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

India's Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has successfully test-fired a Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Derby beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) in radar-guided mode. "The missile launch was performed in 'lock-on after launch mode' for a beyond-visual-range (BVR) target in the

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri handed over the last of four Type 212A-class diesel-electric submarines on order for the Italian Navy at its Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard on 11 May. Romeo Romei (S 529) follows third boat Pietro Venuti (S 528), which was delivered in July 2016. Boats three and four