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Canada’s new defense minister Harjit Sajjan was asked twice during a conference call with reporters whether the Lockheed Martin F-35 is being excluded from the competition to replace the CF-18, and both times he sidestepped the question.
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The U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch’s (AAIB) probe into the fatal crash of a Hawker Hunter T7 at the Shoreham air show found that the jet’s ejection seat parts had expired and its technical manual had not been updated.
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A ballistic missile fired from Yemen towards Jizan, Saudi Arabia was successfully intercepted by the Saudi military. A counter strike by the Saudis destroyed the launcher.
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U.S. spy satellites noticed that China had carried out a canister ejection test of a DF-41 ICBM from a rail car mobile launcher on Dec. 5.
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The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed a series of tests of the David’s Sling Weapon System.
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