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In one of single largest orders for the F-35 jets, the F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin finalized a contract for the manufacture of up to 398 F-35s for $30 billion, including U.S
Ukrainians have made use of Elon Musks Starlink satellite internet systems for communications as Russia continues to target mobile towers in what is touted to be the first major war of the internet age. Ukraine has some 30,000 mobile-phone towers, and the government is now trying to link them to generators so they can keep working when airstrikes damage the power grid
In what could sway the tides in Ukraines favor, the U.S
Russias Iran-supplied drones targeted Kyiv region overnight, causing fairly serious" damage to infrastructure and leaving some areas without power. Air raid sirens and then a number of explosions woke residents in Kyiv in the early hours of Monday morning in what is Moscow's third air attack on the city in six days
Russia will develop a mobile version of its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its most powerful missile capable of delivering a nuclear strike anywhere on the planet. The mobile version will make it difficult for anti-missile tracking systems of the United States to locate its position
Kongsberg has entered into a contract with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to supply the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for their fleet of Air Defence & Command Frigates. KONGSBERG said it cannot provide any further comment on the potential size of this contract
Ukraine may have used all-new indigenous drones in attacks on Russian airfields on December 6 that destroyed two Tu-95MS strategic bombers, one Tu-22M3, one fuel tanker besides killing three Russian soldiers. Among the indigenous drones at Ukraine's disposal, two of them stand out as suited for the mission of attacking airfields deep inside Russia; the PD-2 and the Sokil-300 attack/reconnaissanse drones
A B-2A Spirit stealth bomber on a routine flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Whiteman AFB in Missouri. The Air Force said the bomber experienced an in-flight malfunction on December 10 requiring an emergency landing that sparked fire and damaged the aircraft
Pakistan-made JF-17 fighter jets, American A-29 Super Tucano aircraft and UAVs are helping Nigeria win its "war against terrorism," Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Chief, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao said addressing NAF personnel on December 8."There is no doubt that some of the new platforms in NAFs Order of Battle, particularly the JF-17 Thunder aircraft, the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft and UAVs have been one of the many reasons why we are winning the war against terrorism in the country," he was quoted as saying in an