Two Royal Danish Air Force F-16AM fighters had to make an emergency landing at Tallinn airport, Estonia on Apr. 29 after one aircraft had a bird strike.
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China supplied Mi-17s with TY-90 air-to-air missiles to Myanmar insurgents
According to Jane’s, China has supplied five Mi-17 helicopters armed with TY-90 air-to-air missiles to Myanmar insurgency group, the United Wa State Army (UWSA).
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Dempsey calls on Japan, South Korea to establish trilateral ballistic missile defense architecture
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey told the American Forces Press Service after his tour of Northeast Asia that Japan and South Korea should join the United States to “seek to establish a collaborative, trilateral ballistic missile defense architecture” using the three countries military assets.
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Canada’s military scientists predict RCAF would lose several F-35s before all 65 are delivered
Canadian Defense Department’s research arm, Defence Research and Development Canada, predicted in 2011 that the RCAF would have almost certainly lost several F-35s before all 65 were even delivered.
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