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DTN News - RUSSIAN DEFENSE NEWS: KAMAZ-63968 Typhoon-K MRAP  Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Defense News (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 31, 2015: Kamaz Typhoon is a family of Russian multi-functional, modular, armoured, mine resistant MRAP vehicles. The Typhoon family is part of Russia's Typhoon program launched in 2010. Both Kamaz and Gaz-Group are taking part in Typhoon program and develop their own family of vehicles.  Kamaz already develop the KAMAZ-53949 Typhoon-K 4x4 modular armoured and Gaz the Ural Typhoon 6x6 multi-purpose armoured truck. Kamaz-63968 6x6 Typhoon-K (Taifun) has a mass of 21 tonnes and can carry up to 16 people in its personnel compartment. Kamaz-63969 Typhoon is an advanced, special-purpose mine-resistant armoured wheeled vehicle designed and manufactured by KAMAZ, a truck maker based in Russia, for the Russian Army. The new generation 6x6 armoured vehicle can be deployed in reconnaissance, surve

DTN News - RUSSIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Russian Mobile Topol-M Missile Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Defense News (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 31, 2015: A Russian mobile Topol-M missile launching unit drives during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.  Topol-M is the first ICBM developed by Russia after the breakup of Soviet Union. The missile is being launched from underground silos. The Russian Army plans to deploy about 300 missiles on transporter erector and launcher (TEL) vehicles too. Two Topol-M silo-based missile systems were deployed in December 2010 in the Tatishchevo Missile Division near Saratov in southwest Russia. About 52 silo-based and 18 mobile Topol-M missile systems were in service as of January 2011. A total of 450 to 500 missiles are expected to be deployed between 2015 and 2020. Topol-M ICBM development The development of Topol-M was initiated by the MITT and Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in late 198

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS:  Boeing Marks First International Sale of P-8A Training System *US Navy also purchases four new P-8A trainers Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Boeing (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada -   ST. LOUIS, May 7, 2015: Boeing [NYSE: BA] will provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with a complete training system for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under a contract that also includes the sale of four P-8A training systems for the U.S. Navy. This combined domestic and foreign military sale further strengthens the growing partnership between the U.S. Navy and the RAAF on the P-8 program. The system utilizes simulators to train pilots and mission crews to operate the aircraft, its sensors, communications and weapons systems without relying on costly live flights. “Boeing will deliver a seamless and comprehensive training solution for our customers’ pilots and mission crews” said Tom Shadrach, Boeing P-8 p

DTN News - Picture of The Day: Afghanistan Today - May 6, 2015 Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources DWNU (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada -  May 6, 2015 :  A policeman stands in a window of the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque - Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan Photograph: Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images *Link for This article compiled by  K. V. Seth  from reliable sources DWNU *Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News  *Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated *This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com  ©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - Picture of The Day: Israel Today - May 6, 2015 Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources DWNU (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May  6, 2015 :  Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men dance by a giant bonfire during the celebration of Lag BaOmer in commemoration of the death 1800 years ago of the Jewish scholar Bar Yochai. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images *Link for This article compiled by  K. V. Seth  from reliable sources DWNU *Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News  *Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated *This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com  ©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS:  China Still Wants Russia's Deadly Su-35 *Russia To Sell China Su-35 Multirole Fighter Jets *China to Get Russian Su-35 Jets in 2014 – Rosoboronexport *All You Need is Su-35: China Should Buy Russian Fighter Jets – Media Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources DWNU (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 5 , 2015 :  China still wants the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter jet despite launching a new fighter jet last week. As noted last week, China conducted the first test flight of the J-11D on April 29. The plane is an upgraded version of the J-11B fighter jets, which themselves are copies of the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27. Perhaps most  notable of the J11-D’s upgrades is that it reportedly incorporates the J-16’s advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. As Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer have said of the AESA, “The AESA radar allows the J-16 to intercept enemy aircraft at longer range