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A pair of B-2 stealth bombers from the 509th Bomber Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base dropped inert B61-7 and B61-11 nuclear bombs at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada recently.
By Dave Bezaire & Susi Havens-Bezaire (Flickr: B61 Nuclear bomb) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The existing Fallon Range Training Complex in Nevada has become too small for U.S. Marine and Navy pilots to practice aerial warfare and the sailing branch has requested to expand the range by 1364 square miles.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph R. Vincent [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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In an interview with CNN Turk, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said the country is in the final stages of a developing a new Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) system that will be able to intercept incoming rockets fired by ISIL from Syria.
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