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Russian GBAD units to take delivery of S-350 this year

Posted on January 1, 2019 by alert5

The Russian Defence Ministry said the new S-350 air defense missile system will be delivered to units starting from this year.

Zumlik [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. mulls deployment of Homeland Defense Radar in Japan

Posted on December 25, 2018 by alert5

Anonymous Japanese defense officials are saying that the United States is thinking of deploying its new Homeland Defense Radar in Japan.

Rendering of Homeland Defense Radar in Oahu, Hawaii
Image: Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin given contract to build Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii (HDR-H)

Posted on December 19, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin says it has been awarded a $585 million contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to design, develop and deliver its Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii (HDR-H) in Oahu, Hawaii.

TASS: Vietnam’s Spyder air defense missile system is unreliable

Posted on December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 by alert5

Russia’s state-run TASS news agency says an anonymous source within Vietnam’s Defense Ministry has said that the country’s Spyder air defense missile system is regularly breaking down.