Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd planned the country’s biggest military buildup since World War 2 in 2009 for a war with China.
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Day: June 2, 2012
Taiwan’s F-16 upgrade will execute in two phases
Taipei Times reported that Taiwan will upgrade its F-16A/Bs in two phases with the second phase delayed by two years.
The cost of full upgrading is $5.2 billion but the legislative assembly only approve $3.7 billion. $1.5 billion is still needed for the electronic warfare suite which is not ready until 2016.
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Pentagon says no thanks to missile shield on East Coast
The Pentagon does not have the money or desire to build a missile defense site on the East Coast of continental United States, a spokesman said on Thursday.
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First non-test pilot flies F-35
Winglets, anti-ship missile for C295
Airbus Military wants to but winglets and an anti-ship missile on the C295. The MBDA Marte anti-ship missile is on schedule to be live-fired by end of this year.
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