Aviation News
The U.S. government has agreed to sell a long-range early warning radar to Qatar. The news was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Dec. 10.
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The Pentagon announced on Dec. 9 that Madison Research Corp. will supply 450 thermal batteries, 466 rocket motors, 150 safety and arming devices, and 248 warheads for Taiwan’s MIM-72A Chaparral air defense missile system.
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The German Ministry of Defense has chosen a supplier of new air defense radars for its three F-124 Sachsen-class frigates.
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Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Işık witnessed the launch of the indigenous Hisar-O medium range air defense system last week.
The South Korean Army carried a live-firing exercise of its Chunma mobile air defense missile system on Dec. 7. This is the first live-firing of the system in four-years, according to Yonhap news.
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