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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decided that its two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships will eventually be fitted with the Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS).
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The Latvian Air Force together with the Lithuanian Air Force test-fired the RBS 70 and the RBS 70 NG during the air defense exercise “Baltic Zenith 2016” last month.
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Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said Warsaw is close to placing an order for the Patriot air defense system with Raytheon, a deal worth more than $5 billion.
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Russia’s Svobodnaya Pressa says the new Podsolnukh (Sunflower) over-the-horizon radar is powerful enough to detect the F-35 stealth fighter.
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has given Alaska Aerospace Corporation a sole source contract to support the testing of two THAAD interceptors at Kodiak Island
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