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Turkmenistan parades its S-125-2BM air defense missile system

Posted on November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 by alert5

A military parade was held in Ashgabat on Oct. 27 to mark Turkmenistan’s 26th independence day. The Belarus-made S-125-2BM air defense missile system was shown to the public for the first time.

Screen-grab from YouTube video

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Iran’s Najm-802 phase-array antenna came from Armenia

Posted on November 1, 2017 by alert5

Armenia’s Yerevan Scientific Research Institute of Communications (YerNIISS) has been identified as the source that supplied the phase-array antenna for Iran’s Najm-802 radar.

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Indonesia buying one NASAMS air defense system

Posted on November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 by alert5

Kongsberg announced that it had received a contract to deliver one NASAMS air defense system to Indonesia.

By MKFI (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Brazil places order for RBS 70

Posted on November 1, 2017October 31, 2017 by alert5

The Brazilian Army has placed another order for Saab’s RBS 70 VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence) system.

Photo: Saab
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Anti-drone unit stands up in Russia’s Western Military District

Posted on October 30, 2017 by alert5

A permanent anti-drone unit has been activated in Russia’s Western Military District. The company-size unit has been dubbed the “special forces of electronic warfare.”