Sniper teams from world wide converged at the Special Forces Sniper Course to place their skills to the test during this year’s U.s.a. Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition. Twenty-two teams, including three foreign teams, competed for twelve months of bragging rights to claim they’re the simplest of their business. Each team inside the competition was constructed from one shooter and a spotter. “This competition — the 5th annual competition- was the main intense competition now we have sponsored yet,” said Tim Gozelski, an instructor on the SFSC. “Prior to this, the main events we held was 13, this... Read More »
The US Navy has deployed sophisticated surveillance aircraft to Japan, officials said Monday, amid rising tension over China’s territorial claims within the region. Two P-8A Poseidon patrol jets departed Jacksonville, Florida on Friday and arrived later at Kadena air base in Okinawa, in a move that was planned before Beijing declared an air defense zone last month covering disputed islands within the East China Sea, a navy official told AFP. “This was scheduled for a very long time,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “It’s a rotational deployment.” Four more Poseidon aircraft are as a result of... Read More »
The Japanese Ministry of Defence has ordered four Bushmaster vehicles for deployment with the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). The vehicles, all troop carrier variants, should be manufactured on the company’s facility in Bendigo, Victoria in Australia, for delivery in […]
Eurofighter partner company Alenia Aermacchi has confirmed that the primary in an important series of flight tests to integrate the MBDA Storm Shadow missile onto Eurofighter Typhoon has now taken place. Initial flight trials to illustrate that the missile could be safely carried was successfully started. The rigors began on 27th November, by the Alenia Aermacchi Flight Test Centre at Decimomannu Air Base, in Sardinia, Italy, with the support of the Eurofighter Partner Companies, BAE Systems and Cassidian. The intensive flight test programme began with flutter tests and an air data system large store interference assessment, using Instrumented Production Aircraft... Read More »