Month: November 2016

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News Digest : Korean F-16 Upgrades, Boeing’s F/A-18 In Demand, Russian Missile Deployments..


In this news digest by Defencyclopedia, we bring you the most recent and relevant happenings in the world of defense. Each report will have our analysis and opinion about it. Special maps have been incorporated with the news in order to help the geographically-challenged, get their bearings on the world map.  Asia Russia plans to …

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Analysis : Are Missile Boats Still Relevant in Modern Warfare?


INTRODUCTION Having evolved from the humble gunboat in the latter half of the 20th century, the missile boat gained notoriety through its massive successes in the Egypt-Israel war of 1967 and the Indo-Pak war of 1971. Here it was proved that a small 200-ton boat, equipped with cruise missiles can wreak havoc on larger warships …

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