Aviation News
Israeli Air Force’s Patriot missile division has remodeled its yearly training program to prepare its operators on how to handle UAVs.
By DoD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Graphic Proccessing by User:MathKnight (File:IAF-Patriot-2014-Chuck-Hagel.jpg) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) carried out a multiple engagement test in the vicinity of Wake Island on Nov. 1 and the plan was to have a SM-3 Block IB intercept an extended Medium Range Ballistic Missile (eMRBM) in the midcourse phase with a THAAD interceptor as a backup.
Ever since China established the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in November 2013, the focus has been on the South China Sea where some analysts believe China will set up its second ADIZ. However, China was not the first country to do that. The Philippines has an ADIZ that covers part of the South China Sea for many years.
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Japan has successfully deployed all its PAC-3 air defense missile units across its islands. The last two units were deployed to Chitose base in Hokkaido.
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India’s Defense Acquisitions Council (DAC) has cleared the upgrade of its Il76 and Il78 fleet with new engines and avionics. The modernization will extend the lifespan of the aircraft by another twenty years.
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