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PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on January 18 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Terrorists reported the destruction of the Syrian headquarters with Russian officers The militants of the Syrian National Front for Liberation destroyed the headquarters of the Syrian government forces and announced the death of four…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on January 8 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Iran missile attacks target U.S. forces in Iraq; Trump says 'All is well!' Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 3 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: U.S., France, Britain may be complicit in Yemen war crimes, U.N. report says The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 6 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: China to counter U.S. deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Asia China will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in Asia, a Chinese foreign ministry official said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Fu…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 24 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Iran warns UK against ‘starting conflict’ Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yesterday warned the United Kingdom (UK) against “starting a conflict,” adding that he was not seeking “a confrontation”, MEMO reported. Iran was…

LONDON, (BM) - More than 45 international air chiefs and military commanders from 39 countries and NATO will be among 550 delegates at the largest ever gathering for the Chief of the Air Staff’s Air & Space Power Conference (ASPC 2019) in London on 17-18 July, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according Royal Air Force statement. Chief of the…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 11 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Iranian boats 'harass' British tanker in the Gulf - U.S. officials Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but…

MANORBIER, (BM) - The British Royal Marines have tested the Lightweight Multirole Missile against a drone, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting UKDJ. The missile is fired from a small shoulder launcher and the operator guides it using a joystick which controls a laser beam on which the projectile flies. LMM was initially conceived as…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your wake-up news report on June 17 from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Special Royal Marine force heads to Gulf to protect British ships Royal Marines are being sent to the Gulf to protect British warships as Iran and the West come closer to a possible conflict, following attacks on two oil tankers last week, The…

EDINBURGH (BGM) - In a burst of fire and smoke, Royal Navy warship HMS Defender has tested her world-beating missile system off the coast of Scotland, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Navy Recognition. Blasting from the Type 45 destroyer’s silo, the missile of the Sea Viper system flew four times the speed of sound before obliterating an…

LONDON, the United Kingdom (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Saab has received an order to provide the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy with the AUV62-AT anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, learned BulgarianMilitary.co, quoting Navy Recognition. Delivery is expected to take place in 2019. Read more: Saab Will Continue to Provide Logistical…

LONDON, the United Kingdom (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Indra has been awarded a contract to supply the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom with an advanced long-range air defense deployable radar, learned BulgarianMilitary.com according Indra`s press release. The company was chosen after competing with the main companies in the industry. Indra…

LOSSIEMOUTH, the United Kingdom (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The personnel and aircraft of IX(B) Squadron will be at the heart of the UK’s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Force, ready to take off within minutes of an alert being triggered, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting UKDJ The Squadron was officially stood up at a ceremonial parade and…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Global military spending last year reached its highest level in three decades, with the largest share in the US and China, according to the annual report of the Swedish research institute SIPRI, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Novinite. The Stockholm International Peace Research…

TALLINN, Estonia (BulgarianMilitary.com) - 3 Regiment Army Air Corps is deploying to the Baltics for three months, with Apache attack helicopters of 663 Squadron taking off from their base at Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting UKDJ The British Army say that the Apaches will be working in tandem with the…

LONDON, UK (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The British companyMeggitt has been awarded a contract worth up to $37 million from General Dynamics Land Systems, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting UK Defence Journal According to the firm: “This system provides both auxiliary cooling and exportable power to the Tank with the main turbine engine…

WASHINGTON, the U.S. (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Cheap Chinese 5G technology isn’t all that cheap when you factor in the government time and resources needed to make it safe — or at least safer — to use, reports DefenseOne, quoting a new NATO Center of Excellence report. That’s the warning from a new report by the NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence…

WASHINGTON, Tyne and Wear, the United Kingdom (BulgarianMilitary.com) - BAE Systems' Land UK revealed yesterday (29th January 2019) that the company has been awarded a contract that covers supply of 155mm Smoke and Illuminating artillery rounds to the UK Ministry of Defence for the needs of the British Army, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The…

LONDON, UK (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday (24th January 2019) Elbit Systems UK Ltd. (Elbit Systems UK or ESUK) announced that a mobile Close Air Support (CAS) and joint fires simulator has been delivered to the British Army by the company as the prime contractor together with QuantaDyn Corporation, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more:…

TELFORD, the UK (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Rheinmetall and BAE Systems announced this Monday (21st January 2019) that the companies have signed a contract for establishing a joint military vehicle design, manufacturing and support business based in the United Kingdom, learned BulgarianMilitary.com For that purpose Rheinmetall will buy a 55%…