Russia has completed the delivery of 24 Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to Iraq, a source told Interfax.
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THAAD likely to be deployed in South Korea’s North Gyeongsang Province
According to Chosuniblo, South Korea and the United States have decided to deploy the THAAD air defense system at Chilgok or Daegu in North Gyeongsang Province.
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JLENS revived by Pentagon
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has agreed to resuming testing of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), after investigations revealed the cause of last October’s incident.
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China summons South Korean envoy to protest against THAAD deployment
South Korea’s Ambassador to Beijing, Kim Jang-soo, was summoned by China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin on Feb. 7 to protest Seoul’s decision to start talks with Washington over the deployment of a THAAD unit in South Korea.
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Pantsyr-S2 with bidirectional radar deployed to Syria
The new Pantsyr-S2 air defense system has been deployed to Syria. A Pantsyr-S1 was deployed to Humaymim airbase earlier.
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