Taiwan has detected Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and her escorts moving north on the western side of Taiwan Strait on the night of Jan. 10 and has scrambled IDFs and E-2K to monitor the PLAN ships.
Category: Air Defense
Indian in talks to sell its Akash air defense missile system to Vietnam
Times of India reports that New Delhi and Hanoi are discussing over the sale of India’s indigenous Akash air defense missile system to Vietnam.
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Far-Eastern nation orders RPS-42 radar for its High Energy Laser (HEL) system
RADA says a “key customer based in the Far-East” has ordered its RPS-42 radar system for the development and testing of the latter’s High Energy Laser (HEL) ground-based tactical weapon system.
Bangladesh test-fired FM-90 (HQ-7A)
Bangladesh’s air defense forces carried out a live-fire test of its Chinese FM-90, export variant of HQ-7A, at Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar on Jan. 3.
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Taiwan successfully tested ship-based BMD interceptor
Taiwan has successfully tested the ship-based variant of its Tien Kung III ballistic missile defense interceptor in the final weeks of 2016.
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