The four three-pronged structures that appeared on Taiwan-occupied Taiping Island is probably meant to support a AN/TPS-117 air surveillance radar that Taipei intends to deploy later, United Daily News reports.
Category: Air Defense
SM-6 shatters its intercept record again
The SM-6 air defense missile interceptor has set a new distance record for an intercept during testing at the Point Mugu Test Range on Sept. 22.
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Thales sees potential in selling Starstreak MANPADS to Philippine
An executive from Thales told Jane’s at the Asian Defence and Security 2016 (ADAS 2016) exhibition in Manila that the French company sees “lots of potential” in selling its Starstreak MANPADS to Philippines.
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THAAD to be deployed to South Korea ASAP
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Russel, told lawmakers that the THAAD air defense missile system will be deployed to South Korea as soon as possible.
NATO ready to deploy AWACS to Middle East next month
Alexander Vershbow, deputy secretary general of NATO, said at a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, that alliance defense ministers will likely give the green light to have E-3A deployed to the Middle East to support the fight against ISIL.
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