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Vietnam exports early warning radar to Laos

Posted on August 12, 2018 by alert5

Vietnam’s Viettel Cooperation has exported three sets of early warning radar systems to Laos, the company said in an internal newsletter.

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Taiwan wants to buy land-based Phalanx weapons system to protect underground air bases

Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 by alert5

Taiwan is seeking quotations to supply a land-based Phalanx weapons system to help protect its underground air bases at Hualien and Taitung.

A land–based Phalanx weapons system assigned to B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducts a test fire mission to maintain mission readiness at Camp Manion, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2017. The LPWS targets and destroys incoming enemy munitions before they are able to cause damage to an area. B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducted the fire mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)

Denmark buying more SM-2 Block IIIA missiles for Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates

Posted on August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by alert5

Denmark has been cleared by the U.S. government to buy up to 46 SM-2 Block IIIA air intercept missiles for its Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates.

By MKFI [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

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Japan launches new Maya-class Aegis destroyer

Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by alert5

The lead ship of Japan’s new Maya-class Aegis destroyer was launched on Jul. 30 in Yokohama.

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India buying NASAMS 2 to protect its capital

Posted on July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 by alert5

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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