Aviation News
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Apr. 21 of a potential sale of 252 RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Tactical Missiles to Qatar.
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The U.S. Army’s Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) fired the Tamir interceptor on Apr. 14 and the missile successfully destroyed a UAV target.
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The Russian Defense Ministry is to buy six sets of mobile air defense radars for $35 million. The first two sets must be delivered next year and the rest by 2018.
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Canada’s ruling Liberal Party government is seriously looking into joining the U.S.-lead Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan is soliciting feedback from the public on the issue.
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This year, the S-400 air defense missile system will not be part of the contingent for the Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow.
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