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Taiwan’s Military To Implement New Missile Activation Procedure

July 25, 2016 @ 09:55 AM

Taiwan's Armed Forces have requested a top military research facility to come up with a safety measure which will be applied ahead of any missile launches in future following a deadly misfire incident occurred on July 1. A senior military source told the Central News Agency that the Defense Ministry had asked the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to come up with new safety mechanism before a missile could be launched
Israeli Patriot Missiles Miss Syrian Drone Intruded In Its Airspace

July 18, 2016 @ 01:53 PM

Israeli Defense Forces fired two Patriot missiles at a Syrian drone that crossed into its airspace but missed to hit the target. The missiles missed the drone which "returned to Syria" after the incident in the central Golan Heights, where the demarcation line between the two countries is located, the military was quoted as saying by AFP
South Korean Home-Grown Surion Helicopter Flight Cancelled

July 7, 2016 @ 05:53 PM

South Korean military has suspended the flight of its indigenous KUH-1 Surion helicopter after defects in imported gearbox after a deadly crash of a Norwegian chopper using the same European component was reported. The EC-225 Super Puma chopper of Norwegian Oil Company Statoil crashed off the Scandinavian country's southwest coast on April 29, killing all 13 people aboard,
Chinese Su-30 Aircraft Confront Japanese F-15s In East China Sea

July 5, 2016 @ 03:01 PM

Two Chinese Su-30 fighter aircraft had a confrontation with two Japanese F-16 fighters over the disputed waters in the East China Sea last month. The Japanese jets beamed their fire-control radar to the Chinese ones, but the F-15Ss flew off after the Chinese side “took action” during the incident on June 17, the ministry said in a statement, without giving further details,
Taiwan Accidently Launches Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Towards China

July 1, 2016 @ 01:28 PM

A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday, hitting a fishing boat and killing one person. The domestically developed Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) missile flew about 75 kilometres (45 miles) before hitting the trawler in waters off Penghu, a Taiwanese-administered island group in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese navy was quoted as saying by AFP Friday
Home-grown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Joins Indian Air Force

July 1, 2016 @ 11:46 AM

The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) handed over the first two home-grown aircraft to the Air Force as part of a new squadron. This will be the first version of the jets
First Squadron Of IAF Tejas Aircraft To Be Inducted On July 1

June 28, 2016 @ 09:21 AM

The Indian Air Force will induct the first squadron of the indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas, on July 1. This will be the first version of the jets
Saab To Deliver CBRN Test Kits To Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

June 8, 2016 @ 03:18 PM

Saab will deliver Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) test kits with advanced indication equipment to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. Early warnings to units and personnel are a key factor in limiting CBRN threats
Two US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets Collide, No Casualties

May 27, 2016 @ 04:08 PM

Two F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 flying off the coast of Cape Hatteras were involved in an in-flight mishap at approximately 10:40 a.m
Beijing Intercepted US Spy Plane As Per China-US Treaty

May 27, 2016 @ 11:55 AM

China intercepted an US surveillance plane in Chinese airspace near Hainan Province as per the treaty signed with US, a Chinese military spokesperson said. In response to the US accusation of two Chinese aircraft of performing unsafe maneuver when they intercepted the US surveillance plane while it was flying in the air space near Hainan Province, Senior Colonel Yang Yujun, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was quoted by

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