Aviation News
The Iron Dome interceptor system has been upgraded to meet “an unprecedented range of threats,” the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced.
By Israel Defense Forces from Israel (Iron Dome Battery Deployed Near Ashkelon) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
RADA Electronic Industries has received an order to produce and supply a RPS-42 tactical air surveillance radar to a leading European defense contractor. The radar will be delivered later this year.
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Photo: RADA
While posted to Osan Air Base, South Korea in the 1950s, Chuck Norris began learning martial arts at the Osan Gym. One of those who taught him, Grand Master Do Sik Mun, is still teaching U.S. military personnel at the gym till this day.
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Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Heather A. Denby, 35th ADA Public Affairs
At the moment, Russia does not have any early-warning satellite in geosynchronous orbit to warn of a missile attack. This is set to change in November when the first EKS satellite is launch into space.
“Minuteman3launch“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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A promotional poster at the International Maritime Defence Show 2015 shows the configuration of the naval version of Pantsir air defense system.
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Photos: Michael Zherdev
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