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The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has agreed to shift a Iron Dome air defense missile battery near the Gaza border in order to protect a rare plant found in the area.
Gideon Pisanty (Gidip) גדעון פיזנטי [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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Japan’s Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya is visiting the United States this week and he will travel to Hawaii to see the Aegis Ashore test facility there after departing Washington.
Photo by Mark Wright
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The Pentagon quietly conducted a test of the hyper velocity projectile (HVP) aboard USS Dewey during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018.
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China’s defense researcher Liu Yongtan was recently honored with the top science award at the National Science and Technology Award Conference.
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Poland has dispatched four F-16s to Šiauliai, Lithuania whereby the country will take command of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states from Jan. 3.
Credit: Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense
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