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Economic Times reported that Israel’s SPYDER air defense system is likely to be selected for the Indian Army’s short-range surface-to-air missile (SRSAM) contest.
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USS John Paul Jones was used to validate the ability of the Aegis Baseline 9 to track Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) targets within the Earth’s atmosphere recently.
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The Hindu said the ballistic missile intercept test carried out by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on May 15 was a failure because the interceptor was not launched in the first place.
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Television crew from RT were brought to an air base in the Ivanovo Region by the Russian Ministry of Defense for a close look at the A-50U AEW&C platform.
Almaz-Antey’s Chief Designer Pavel Sozinov told TASS that the S-300V4 air defense missile system can now engage targets up to 400km away.
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