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Spanish F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Madrid During Take-off, Pilot Killed
October 17, 2017 @ 02:37 PMA Spanish F-18 fighter crashed on take-off killing the pilot at a military base near Madrid Tuesday. This is the second fighter jet crash in Spain in a week
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Irkut MC-21 Airliner Flies 4500 Km, 6 Hour Non-stop
October 17, 2017 @ 12:08 PMThe first prototype MC-21-300 aircraft of Irkut Corp, Russia flew from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant to the Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky near Moscow today covering a distance of 4500 km at an altitude of 10,000 meters non-stop for six hours. This was the first long distance flight of the MC-21 test aircraft whose flight tests began earlier this year
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Israel Air Force Destroys Syrian Anti-aircraft SA-5 Battery in Retaliation
October 16, 2017 @ 06:15 PMThe Israel Air Force destroyed a Syrian anti-aircraft SA-5 battery, located 50 km east of Damascus in retaliation to an attack on IAF planes by a surface-to-air missile Monday morning. "Whoever strikes at us, we strike at them
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Embraer Wins A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft Contract
October 16, 2017 @ 01:23 PMEmbraer announced today a firm order for 6 A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training aircraft from an undisclosed customer. The aircraft can be used for tactical and advanced training as well as light attack and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) missions
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US Navy to Transport Damaged Ship to Japan for Repairs by Month...
October 13, 2017 @ 02:19 PMThe US Navy has completed preparations to transport damaged USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) to Yokosuka, Japan, for repairs, Oct
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Russia-led Anti-NATO Defence Bloc To Enhance Air Defence
October 13, 2017 @ 01:38 PMDefence ministers of the Russia-led Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a military grouping perceived as anti-NATO will hold an exercise in 2018 to enhance its combined air defence system. As discussed in the CIS Defence Ministers Councils session held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on October 12, the Regional Security 2018 computer command post exercise and other events are aimed to improve combat potential of the Joint CIS AD System, the ministry said in a statement
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Turkish Military Receives 8 Locally-made Attack, Reconnaissance Drones
October 13, 2017 @ 12:30 PMThe Turkish military took delivery of eight Bayraktar armed and reconnaissance drones four of which are capable of carrying ‘smart ammunition. The number of Turkey-made Bayraktar armed and reconnaissance drones in the Turkish security forces has increased to 38 after eight new deliveries
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US Missile Defence Systems Threaten Russian Strategic Deterrence System: Kremlin
October 13, 2017 @ 10:21 AMRussias defense ministry says the constant increase in US Missile defense systems threatens the countrys deterrence capabilities as the number of warheads being deployed by the US will surpass the number which Moscow is capable of containing. "According to our estimates, by 2022 the number of anti-ballistic missiles of the missile defense system will exceed 1,000, and will eventually surpass the number of warheads of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles," Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Yemelyanov said during the Russian-Chinese briefing on missile shield issues on the sidelines of the first committee of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, TASS reports
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Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines Launch Joint Trilateral Air Patrol
October 13, 2017 @ 09:26 AMMalaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have launched a Trilateral Air Patrol at the Subang Air Base in Malaysia on Wednesday. The TAP is a follow-up of the Trialteral Cooperative Arrangement between the three countries
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Spanish Eurofighter Crashes Following Military Parade
October 12, 2017 @ 02:29 PMA Eurofighter crashed near to the Los Llanos air base in Albacete south of Madrid, Spain, as it returned from a military parade killing the pilot. This is the second Eurofighter that has crashed in a month
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles