Due to delays with USS Nimitz, the U.S. Navy has directed the temporary return of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower(CVN 69) from her current overseas deployment.
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Month: November 2012
Russia and China reached preliminary agreement for 48 Su-35BMs
Sources in Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said Russia and China have clinched a preliminary agreement on the delivery of 48 Su-35BM fighter jets.
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Iran supplied Hamas with Fajr-5 missile technology
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says Tehran has supplied Hamas in Gaza with the technology to “quickly” produce Fajr-5 missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
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NATO helicopter center in Czech will start operating in 2015 or 2016
According to Czech Defense Minister Alexandr Vondra, NATO’s helicopter training center in the Czech Pardubice Region will probably start operating in 2015 or 2016.
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Sweden could end up with air force smaller than Norway
Swedish politicians are warning that if the present government goes ahead with plans to buy only 40 new Gripen fighters, Sweden could end up with an air force that is smaller than Norway.
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