January 3, 2023 – Alert 5

Taiwan plans to import Switchblade in 2024

Posted on January 3, 2023 by alert5

Taiwan is planning to purchase 100 units of the Switchblade, a small, attack-type unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the American company AeroVironment, and give it to the Army’s special forces.

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, launch a lethal miniature aerial missile system during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 2, 2020. During the exercise, 1st ANGLICO’s mission was to launch, locate, track, lock and engage a simulated enemy target with an unmanned aerial system. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Forti)

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Colombia’s search for new fighter jets hits a snag

Posted on January 3, 2023 by alert5

Negotiations between Colombia, France’s Dassault Aviation, and Sweden’s Saab AB to replace part of Colombia’s aging air force fleet have fallen through, according to the country’s Defense Minister, Iván Velásquez.

William Coleman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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