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Russian planning to install new early warning radar in Azerbaijan

Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by alert5

TV Zvezda reported that Moscow intends to install a new early warning radar in Azerbaijan. The Voronezh-DM will replace the old radar at Gabala, which was decommissioned in 2012 after Baku declined to renew its lease.

Dmitry Medvedev in Kaliningrad Oblast, November 2011-3
Kremlin.ru [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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U.S. will withdraw Patriot missile battery from Turkey too

Posted on August 17, 2015August 17, 2015 by alert5

The United States will withdraw its Patriot missile battery deployed in Turkey this October for “critical modernization upgrades,” a joint Turkish-U.S. statement said.

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Buk-M3 to enter active service in 2016

Posted on August 16, 2015 by alert5

The third generation Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system will enter service next year. Testing of the system is about to be completed and will be made operational end of the year.

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Germany to withdraw Patriot missile system from Turkey

Posted on August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 by alert5

Germany will pull its Patriot missile battery stationed in Turkey back home when the mandate ends on Jan. 31, 2016.

PATRIOT SAM launcher at ILA 2012
By Sivi Steys (Flickr: Patriot) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Israel requesting U.S. to bring THAAD to Juniper Cobra 2016, will bring David’s Sling

Posted on August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 by alert5

Israel has asked the United States to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) to Juniper Cobra 2016 air defense exercise.

Thaad missile and launcher
By National Missile Defense [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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