Category: Air Defense

A ballistic missile fired during Exercise Formidable Shield 2017 on Sept. 25 was tracked by Thales’ SMART-L MM radar system from a test tower more than 1,500km away.

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Raytheon has proposed to mount the Stinger missile into a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station and integrate it on the Stryker armored fighting vehicle. This is to meet the U.S. Army’s urgent need for mobile air defense to protect ground troops, the company said.

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A Saudi television station announced on Oct. 5 that the Middle East Kingdom has agreed to buy the S-400 air defense missile system from Russia.

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Jeremy Binnie and Sean O’Connor at Jane’s Defence Weekly have confirmed the presence of another Russian S-400 air defense missiles system in Syria.

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