The lead ship of Japan’s new Maya-class Aegis destroyer was launched on Jul. 30 in Yokohama.
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Category: Air Defense
India buying NASAMS 2 to protect its capital
News reports from India says the Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC), chaired by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has approved the “acceptance of necessity (AoN)” to buy the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System 2(NASAMS 2) to defend its capital.
By Ministerie van Defensie [CC0 or CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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PAC-3 MSE has made its furthest intercept of air-breathing target
Lockheed Martins’ PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor recent achieve its longest-range intercept of an air-breathing target at White Sands Missile Range.
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China will soon test-fire its S-400
An anonymous source told TASS that China is preparing to test-fire its newly-delivered S-400 air defense missile system next week or early August.
By Соколрус [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons
First GaN AN/TPS-80 delivered to USMC
The first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) that incorporates advanced high power and high efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) antenna technology has been delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps.
Photo: Northrop Grumman