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.
Category: Air Defense
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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Philippines to buy three ELM-2288 radars
The Philippine government has confirmed to Jane’s that a contract was awarded to Elta Systems for three ELM-2288 air defense radars.
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South Korea and U.S. to begin formal talks on THAAD
North Korea’s launch of a satellite on Feb. 7 has prompted Seoul and Washington to start formal talks to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea.

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Singapore delays the launch of its aerostat
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has delayed the launch of its aerostat as the manufacturer TCOM was not able to service’s safety and operational requirements.
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