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Parked Plane at Narita Airport Spun Around by Heavy Wind
April 15, 2020 @ 01:54 PMIt is not only headwinds caused by the Coronavirus pandemic proving problematic for Japans airline industry, but also heavy winds that forced a parked airliner to spin around in Narita International Airport on April 13. The approximately 50-tonne Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 737-800 airplane spun around 90 degrees clockwise with the tip of its left wing hitting an aerobridge and damaging it, Mainichi reported Tuesday
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Turkey Hints at More S-400 Buys if Denied Patriot Air Defence System
April 15, 2020 @ 10:12 AMTurkey has issued a veiled threat to purchase more S-400 Air Defence Systems (ADS) from Russia if denied the US-made Patriot or any other ADS made by its NATO allies. “If our allies can provide - it does not have to be only Patriot from the United States, it can also be a SAMP/T of Eurosam, or any similar system from other allies - and we prefer to purchase from our allies
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Chinese Army Introduces Armed Midget Robots
April 15, 2020 @ 07:55 AMThe Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) has inducted tiny missile-loading ground robots that are armed with a machine gun. “The small robots can traverse complicated terrains, accurately observe battlefield situations and provide ferocious firepower,” the PLA Eastern Theater Command posted on its Sina Weibo microblogging account on Monday
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China Confirms Fire on board Type 075 amphibious assault ship
April 11, 2020 @ 06:30 PMChina's first Type 075 amphibious assault ship (also called helicopter carrier) caught on fire on Saturday at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai but the damage was not ‘significant. Beijing-based naval expert Li Jie was quoted by Global Times on Saturday that smoke concentrated on the middle and rear areas of the ship
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Roscosmos to Cut Launch Price by 30% to Compete with SpaceX
April 11, 2020 @ 08:53 AMRussian space agency Roscosmos has offered to cut prices of its satellite and space launch services by 30% to compete with SpaceX, the US-based private launching company that is offering satellite launches with reusable launchers. The plan to slash costs was revealed by Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, on Friday
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Canada Finds Way-Around to Export Armored Vehicles to Saudi
April 10, 2020 @ 07:50 AMCanada is lifting a freeze on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, paving the way to go-ahead with the $10 billion ($14 billion Canadian dollar) deal for armored vehicles stalled on the table for six years now. On Thursday, Canadian authorities said they found a way to dodge restrictions imposed in November 2018, that prevented the export of General Dynamics Corp-built light armored vehicles (LAVs) to Riyadh
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GA-ASI Conducts MQ-9 ‘Ferry Flight’ Delivery to Air Base in New Mexico
April 10, 2020 @ 07:03 AMGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that it flew a MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to an air base in New Mexico for delivery, as opposed to shipping drone parts for later assembly
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Huntington Ingalls Begins Construction of US Navy’s Ted Stevens Destroyer
April 9, 2020 @ 08:40 AMHuntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has commenced construction of the US Navys next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ted Stevens (DDG 128). “HIIs Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke¬-class (DDG 51) destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on Monday
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Malaysian Firm Offers to buy Debt-Ridden National Airlines for $2.5B
April 8, 2020 @ 03:16 PMGolden Skies Ventures (GSV), a Malaysian firm, has offered buy the debt-ridden national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS), with financing from a European bank. The proposal has come at a time when airlines across the world remain badly hit owing to the COVID-19 pandemic
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S.Korea's Bigung Rocket Passes Pentagon Test for Export to US
April 8, 2020 @ 04:37 AMThe Pentagon has cleared the export of South Korea's Bigung ("Flying arrow") guided rocket system in the US after it performed well in tests conducted last October. Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said on April 7 that the 70-millimeter rocket system hit all 10 targets and met US requirements during the Pentagon's Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) session held in South Korea last year
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