Page 19 - Apache Guardian News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

South Korea to develop indigenous attack helicopter for RoKMC 27 April 2021 by Gabriel Dominguez & Dae Young Kim South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 26 April that the country is planning to develop an indigenous attack helicopter to meet a Republic of Korea Marine Corps (RoKMC) requirement for 20–24 such rotorcraft. The country’s Defense Project Promotion Committee decided that the development and acquisition project, which has been provisionally budgeted at KRW1.6 trillion (USD1.44 billion), is expected to begin in 2022 and be completed by 2031...

On July 12, 2018, the USS Racine met her grisly fate. The 522-foot long tank landing ship was struck by four different types of guided missiles, one of which triggered a massive explosion that sent shards of debris spraying across the sea and ripped open part of her hull, exposing the inner decks. Finally, a Mark 48 torpedo struck the forty-six-year-old vessel beneath the waterline and nearly snapped off her bow. An hour later, the five-thousand-ton ship sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean fifty-five miles north of Hawaii. At least four different military services participated in the Rac...

(This article first appeared in 2018.) On July 12, 2018, the USS Racine met her grisly fate. The 522-foot long tank landing ship was struck by four different types of guided missiles, one of which triggered a massive explosion that sent shards of debris spraying across the sea and ripped open part of her hull, exposing the inner decks. Finally, a Mark 48 torpedo struck the forty-six-year-old vessel beneath the waterline and nearly snapped off her bow. An hour later, the five-thousand-ton ship sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean fifty-five miles north of Hawaii. At least four different mi...

The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 37 Primary tabs 5th April 2021 How well do you know your military aircraft? Test your aircraft recognition skills on our quiz below... Question 1 of 10 Lockheed Martin F-16B Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin F-16V Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin F-16BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon Question 8 of 10 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) CH-4B Rainbow Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) GJ-2/WD-2 Wing Loong II Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka Question 10 of 10 Lockheed MC-130E Combat Talon I Loc...

March 17, 2021 US aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is pitching its Sky Viper chain gun for the US Army’s next-generation scout helicopter. The latest weapon is a mini-version of the automatic cannon mounted on the Boeing Apache helicopter, which the US has sold to India. Last week, the Virginia-headquartered Northrop Grumman announced that it would build a prototype of its Sky Viper, a 20mm chain gun, for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). The Army is currently evaluating the Sky Viper and another 20mm weapon system, the XM915 Gatling gun, developed by General Dyn...