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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on May 3 and both will be discussing on a contract for the S-400 air defense missile system.
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An official from Almaz-Antey told National Defense magazine that state trials of the S-350 air defense missile system will be completed by end of this year.
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Romania has requested to buy the American Patriot air defense missile system, General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of the General Staff told reporters.
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When Second Lt. Chen Shaked reported to the Israel Defense Force induction center, the assignment officer told him he would end up as a cook or maintenance worker in the military. But the former basketball player wanted to be a combat soldier and choose to be assigned to the air defense artillery. On Mar. 17, he fired a Arrow anti-missile interceptor at an incoming Syrian missile. Becoming the first person to do so.
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The Korea Herald reports that South Korea will decide next month whether to declare that the testing of its M-SAM has been completed and the air defense missile system is operational.
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