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MBDA Italia has secured a contract worth more than 1 billion euros to supply Aster 30 Block 1 and VL MICA air defense missiles for new warships ordered by the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) from Fincantieri.
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Russia is close to finishing work on a prototype S-350 air defense missile system and trials have started, a senior Russian military commander said.
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The first trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise by Japan, South Korea and United States will see two MQ-9s joining the hunt for ballistic missiles.
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The media in Taiwan reported that a test of the PAC-3 missile system will be carried out at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico next month as per schedule.
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Lockheed Martin’s AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar has proven that besides detecting incoming artillery and rocket fire, the active electronically scanned array radar system can be used to detect unmanned aerial vehicles as well.
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