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Canada is to terminate a contract with Thales Canada for two Ground Master 400 air defense radars. Documents show costs had risen to more than $78 million by 2013 and both sides decided in February to end the deal.
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India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar formally inducted the indigenous Akash air defense system into the Indian Air Force at Gwalior on Jul. 10.
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Japan is keen to join the NATO SEASPARROW Surface Missile System Project as a full consortium member, Reuters reported.
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The German defense ministry has refuted a report by a trade magazine that its Patriot air defense system stationed in Turkey was hacked into.
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A magazine reported that German Patriot missile battery stationed in Turkey was hacked by unknown people and soldiers manning the system saw the unit receiving unknown commands.
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