Estonia has taken delivery of its first batch of Mistral M3 surface-to-air missiles on Dec. 17. Included in the same shipment were Milan anti-tank missiles.
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JLENS’s FY 2016 got slashed by $30 milllion
U.S. lawmakers choose to reduce the funding for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) by $30 million, giving only $10.5 million to fund the program.
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Polish military orders 79 Poprad self-propelled surface-to-air missile system
PIT-RADWAR has been awarded a contract to supply 79 Poprad self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems to the Polish military.
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Aegis Ashore facility in Romania is “technically capable”
Reuters reports that both Romania and United States will declare the construction of the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense facility is over and the installation is now “technically capable.” The announcement is expected today.
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Spain to keep Patriot unit in Turkey till 2017
The Spanish Patriot air defense missile unit deployed to Turkey will not be packing up and go home on Jan. 27, 2016. NATO has decided to extend its mission there for another year.
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