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The Korean Surface-to-Air Anti-Missile (K-SAAM) has gone thru 22 operational test firings and is on the way to be operational with the Republic of Korea Navy in 2018.
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Photo: IHS/James Hardy
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Saab has received an order for RBS 70 missiles from Latvia. Deliveries will start this year and finish next year.
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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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