South Korea says its northern neighbor has moved its Nodong intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) closer to the south in an attempt to thwart the THAAD air defense system.
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Category: Air Defense
China has withdrawn HQ-9 from Woody Island
Jane’s analyzed commercial satellite photos taken earlier this month of Woody Island in the Paracel archipelago and concluded that China has withdrawn the HQ-9 air defense system stationed there.
By Voice of America [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Navy carried out Aegis interoperability test with Spanish Navy
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) carried out the first interoperability test of the latest Aegis Baseline 9.C1 with Spanish frigate Cristobol Colon (F 105) recently.
By USN (ID:DNSD0607644 / 040810-N-0000X-002) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Iran has started to receive missiles for the S-300
Iran’s Tasnim news agency disclosed that Russia has started to deliver the missiles for the S-300 air defense system.
Delivery of SPYDER to Vietnam has started?
A set of photos showing Rheinmetall MAN tactical trucks being delivered to a port in Vietnam were recently posted on Facebook and there is speculation that these vehicles are meant for the Israeli SPYDER air defense missile system that Vietnam is purported to have ordered.
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Photos: Social Media
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