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The widows of two U.S. Navy MH-60S pilots who were killed when their helicopter was swept overboard by strong waves has filed a suit against the U.S. Navy, asking the court to declare the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as unsafe.
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A high-level delegation from Egypt is in Paris to discuss the purchase of Mistral helicopter carriers and two Gowind-class corvettes.
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General Atomics has confirmed its plan to set up a training academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota to teach foreign military operators of the MQ-9.
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Denmark’s Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen told the magazine Ræson that if Danish F-16s are sent back to the Middle East next year, they could probably attack ISIL targets in Syria as well.
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A new research by RAND concluded that “China has rapidly improved its ability to reliably locate and to attack U.S. carrier-strike groups at distances of up to 2,000 km from its coast.”
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