Aviation News
While waiting for its Sa’ar 6-class corvettes to be delivered by Germany, Israel has decided that it will install the C-Dome system on its Sa’ar 5-class corvettes as an interim measure.
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Speaking at the Atlantic Council, British Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon said British and Russian military officials have held talks over incursions of Russian long-range bombers into the British flight information region.
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Recent tensions with Russia has forced Turkey to consider buying a long-range air defense system off-the-shelf rather than developing its own indigenous version.
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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) successfully carried out the first intercept for the Arrow-3 interceptor on Dec. 10.
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The Aegish Ashore test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Kauai, Hawaii successfully conducted the first intercept flight test on Dec. 9.
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