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Saab hopes Croatia will start fighter competition soon

Posted on May 29, 2017May 28, 2017 by alert5

An executive from Saab said Croatia has been taking a close look at the company’s Gripen fighter and he hopes that the country can start a competition sooner rather than latter.

Czech JAS-39 Gripen over the Curonian Spit in 2012
By Arz1969 (Ministry of Defense – Lithuania) [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

North Korea test-fired indigenous surface-to-air missile

Posted on May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by alert5

North Korea is said to have test fired its KN-06 surface-to-air missile system. This testing was supervised by Kim Jong En.

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Posted in Air Defense

North Korea says Heron UAV entered its airspace 4 times

Posted on May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by alert5

North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency reported that a South Korean Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had entered its airspace on four occasions.

IAI Heron 1 in flight 2
By SSGT REYNALDO RAMON, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in UAV

Nimitz CSG to be deployed in Western Pacific, joining Carl Vinson and Regan CSGs

Posted on May 28, 2017 by alert5

The Pentagon has decided not to dispatch the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to the Middle East and the ships will be deployed in the Western Pacific instead.

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is underway in U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility Aug. 16, 2013 130816-N-LP801-114
By MC3 Raul Moreno Jr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Navy

Trudeau government paid $30 million membership fees to remain in F-35 club

Posted on May 28, 2017 by alert5

Once again the Canadian government has fork out $30 million to remain as a partner nation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (mock-up), Canada - Air Force AN1753011
By Alain Rioux [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Industry

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