RAND: Declaring a ADIZ in South China Sea could work against Chinese strategic goals there

Edmund J. Burke and Astrid Stuth Cevallos from American think tank RAND have completed their study on China’s approach to Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in theory and practice.

JADIZ and CADIZ and KADIZ in East China Sea
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U.S.-based company invests $150 million to resume production of An-74

U.S.-based Oriole Capital Group reached an agreement with Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company of Ukraine to resume the production of the An-74.

Antonov An-74TK-200VIP, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine AN1532079
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Tupolev says it keep getting requests to convert supersonic bombers into private business jets

Tupolev Deputy CEO for Design and R&D, Valery Solozobov, told TASS that his company has received requests from wealthy individuals to convert the firm’s supersonic bombers into private business jets.

Tupolev Tu-160 overflying Moscow fix
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