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Germany has completed the withdrawal of its Patriot missile battery from Turkey with the last components loaded on ro-ro cargo ship Britannia Seaways on Dec. 22.
By Sivi Steys (Flickr: Patriot) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters were scrambled on Dec. 21 to intercept two Russian Tu-95 long-range bombers and a A-50 AEW&C aircraft.
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A ballistic missile fired from Yemen towards Jizan, Saudi Arabia was successfully intercepted by the Saudi military. A counter strike by the Saudis destroyed the launcher.
By US Army employee (Missile Defense Agency, gallery]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed a series of tests of the David’s Sling Weapon System.
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Journalists from international news agencies were given a tour of Russian missile cruiser Moskva while it was anchored off Latakia, Syria on Dec. 18.
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