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A senior Vietnam People’s Air Force officer has confirmed his country’s purchase of the Israeli SPYDER air defense system.
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A memorandum of understanding (MOU) that seeks to minimize the risk of inflight incidents among coalition and Russian aircraft operating in Syrian air space is now in effect.
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The first ballistic missile interception by a SM-3 interceptor in the North Atlantic Ocean took place on Oct. 20. USS Ross fired the missile which intercepted a short-range Terrier Orion ballistic missile target. The cues for the firing solution came from Dutch and Spanish warships.
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A Pantsir-S1 air defense system overturned on a road near Sochi while trying to avoid colliding with a car on Oct. 17. A Russian Defense Ministry statement said the vehicle was recovered by a repair unit and it left the scene on its own.
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Sixteen veterans from the 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army gathered at the Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Museum, Fort Sill to see the exhibit of their deployment to Taiwan in 1958-59.
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