The U.S. Air Force has chosen Raider as the name for its B-21 stealth bomber.
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RAAF warplanes were involved in botched air strike on Syrian government forces
The Australia government admitted that its warplanes were involved in an air strike that accidentally killed 62 Syrian government soldiers last week.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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North Korea has demonstrated that its ballistic missiles are accurate
Two of the three Scud-ER ballistic missiles that North Korea fired towards Japan on Sept. 5 had landed in the same area off Okushirito island of Hokkaido, Japanese defense officials said.
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India will use Rafale for nuclear strike role
Anonymous defense officials told The Sunday Express that New Delhi is willing to buy a small number of Dassault Rafale fighters is because the aircraft has been identified as the platform to take over the nuclear strike role from the IAF’s Mirage 2000 fighters.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Land-based Barak 8 testing in India this week
Engineers from India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be busy on Sept. 20 as five live-firings of the land-based Barak 8 air defense missile have been scheduled.
Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense
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