Russia to rely less on foreign-made missile chassis

Russia wants to switch the missile chassis made by Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant to an indigenous one. Majority of Russia’s air defense systems uses chassis made by the Belarus company.

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Photo link: UAE A330 MRTT with broken boom

H/T to Eamon for the link to the picture of a UAE A330 MRTT with a detached boom. The aircraft was performing a test flight over Spain when the boom detached at about 7:30 p.m.

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