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Iran is reported to have test-fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles – based on the Fateh-110 – over the weekend and one missile managed to hit a floating barge from 155 miles away.
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Germany will purchase three MQ-4Cs, according to Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The move comes after Berlin canceled a plan for the Euro Hawk in 2013.
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A A-29A from the 81st Fighter Squadron crashed in a residential area in South Georgia on Mar. 6. Two pilots aboard ejected successfully.
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The United States has brought forward the deployment of THAAD air defense missile system in South Korea. Missile launchers were delivered to Osan Air Base via a C-17 on Mar. 6.
The Philippine government has disallowed the United States to build facilities for its forces at Bautista Basa Air Base under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
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