State police brought the wayward JLENS back to Earth in the Pennsylvania countryside on Oct. 28 with around 100 shots using shotguns.
Category: Air Defense
RAND says potential impact of no-fly zones is limited
RAND took a preliminary look on the strategic impact of no-fly zones (NFZs) to determine the potential utility and probable limitations of implementing one.
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JLENS broke free from mooring
The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) broke free from its mooring station in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland on Oct. 28 and later came down in the vicinity of Moreland Township, Pennsylvania.
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Rare look at the deployment of Taiwan’s Sky Bow air defense missile system
Taiwan’s Ministry of Nation Defense has uploaded a video on 612 air defense battalion which operates the Sky Bow (Tien Kung) air defense missile system in the southern part of the island.
China, U.S. military aircrew not to point middle fingers at each other
A recent safety memorandum by China and United States on air encounters calls on their military pilots to “refrain from the use of uncivil language or unfriendly physical gestures.”