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One of the 12 new air defense radars to be procured by the Indonesian Air Force will be installed at Singkawang, West Kalimantan province.
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Israel has fired its indigenous Arrow anti-ballistic missile in combat for the first time. The system was used to bring down a Syrian surface-to-air missile that was targeting Israeli warplanes.
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News media in Turkey and Russia have been floating stories on Turkey’s desire to procure the S-400 air defense missile system. TASS says Ankara also seeks to have a loan to finance the purchase.
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Lockheed Martin announced it is ready to deliver a 60 kW-class beam combined fiber laser to the U.S. Army. A demonstration earlier this month saw the system producing a single beam of 58 kW, a world record for this type of technology.
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South Korean media are reporting that THAAD air defense missile system’s main senor, the AN/TPY-2 X-band radar, is expected to arrive in the country soon.