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For sometime Huntington Ingalls Industries has been keen to turn the San Antonio-class LPD into a missile defense ship and now Lockheed Martin has decided to jump on the bandwagon.
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John K. Hamilton, USN (Official U.S. Navy Photograph) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Transcripts from a meeting between Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) commander General Gatot Nurmantyo and the Indonesian House of Representatives commission on defence, intelligence, and foreign affairs (Komisi I) reveals that the Indonesian Air Force is preparing to deploy its newly-acquired Skyshield air defense system to Natuna Islands in the South China Sea.
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Photo: PT Alam Indomesin Utama
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The U.S. Army has published a new manual that will assist its front line commanders on how they should deploy their air and missile defenses to deal with enemy threats.
By DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A new research report from RAND says China now has the lead in military aircraft capabilities over Taiwan and can now destroy the Republic of China Air Force’s (RoCAF) fleet at their bases.
Illustration: RAND
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The U.S. Army’s Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) is in the spotlight again, this time it has successfully fired Lockheed Martin’s Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on Apr. 4.
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Photo: U.S. Army
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