The Irish Army recently carried out test-firing of the RBS 70 and RBS 70 NG air defense systems. A total of ten missiles were fired at aerial and static surface targets.
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Category: Air Defense
Potential sites for Japan’s Aegis Ashore installations
The Japanese Defense Ministry has drawn up a list of potential sites for its Aegis Ashore missile defense systems.
By Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Large-scale anti-ship and ballistic missile defense exercise off Scotland
Fourteen warships and ten aircraft from the NATO Alliance have gathered in Scotland for Exercise Formidable Shield.
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Giraffe 1X sold to unnamed customer
Saab says its Giraffe 1X AESA radar system has been sold to an anonymous customer. The contract value was not disclosed as well.
JSDF deploys PAC-3 to Hakodate
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has deployed a PAC-3 air defense missile unit to Camp Hakodate on Sept. 19.