DefenceTalkUS Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday he was confident that Turkey would drop its plan to purchase the Russian S-400 missile defense system and buy the US Patriot system instead. A day after Washington put a freeze on its joint F-35 fighter jet program with Turkey in protest to the S-400 deal, Shanahan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-expects-turkey-to-buy-us-missile-system-72242/

DefenceTalkTwenty years ago, one phone call between two Army engineers led to a cost-effective lithium-ion battery solution for what was then an up-and-coming guided missile system. That solution, now proven as a comprehensive success, evolved from a dynamic multi-agency partnership that continues to advance state-of-the art battery technologies for current and future Army, Navy, Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-battery-technology-saves-soldiers-time-money-on-the-battlefield-71104/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russia announced Monday that it has agreed to push on with a deal to deliver S-300 missile systems to Iran after Moscow halted an earlier agreement due to UN sanctions slapped on Tehran. “The contract between Russia and Iran for delivery of S-300 missile systems is back in force,” the state-run Russian Technologies corporation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-agrees-deal-to-deliver-s-300-missile-systems-to-iran-65798/

DefenceTalkRussia on Tuesday confirmed its decision to deliver S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran, but said it could not yet announce a date. “The decision on delivering S-300 to Iran has been taken but the realisation of the project will take some time,” Yevgeny Lukyanov, deputy head of Russia’s security council, was quoted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-confirms-sale-of-s-300-missile-systems-to-iran-64323/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military is putting the finishing touches to its very own heavy military UAV. The drone is part of a wider modernization effort, with the cutting-edge flagship S500 missile system coming in 2017. The drone “already exists,” according to Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov. The heavy UAV, created in cooperation with the Federal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-develops-heavy-drone-promises-s500-missile-system-by-2017-62226/

DefenceTalkIsrael has deployed a third Iron Dome missile defence battery to the north of the country a few days after carrying out an air strike inside neighboring Syria, Israeli media said on Tuesday. “The deployment of several Iron Dome batteries in the north of the country comes as part of the setting up of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-deploys-3rd-missile-system-to-north-46687/