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Interfax reported that Moscow intends to build an air defense base on Sredniy Island. The Northern Fleet has dispatched an icebreaker to carved a channel for construction ships to reach the area.
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Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, said recent Russian activities in Syria has lead to “another A2/AD bubble being created in the eastern Mediterranean.”
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Thales-Raytheon Systems has been given a $22 million FMS contract to supply the AN/MPQ-64F1 radar to Latvia. The completion date for the contact is Oct. 31, 2016.
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Lockheed Martin’s Space Fence System has cleared the Critical Design Review (CDR) conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Construction of the world’s largest digital phased array radar has begun on Kwajalein Island, the company said.
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Sankei Shimbun reported that Tokyo is mulling deploying Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea if North Korea proceed with the test of a rocket next month.
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