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RAND has published a report on air base attacks based on historical data over the past 100 years and identifies five classes of defensive options that had worked over those period.
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The U.S. Navy has verified the ability of the SM-6 interceptor to engage incoming supersonic targets from over-the-horizon.
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Belarusian Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Andrei Ravkov told TASS that his ministry has started talks with Russia to acquire the S-400 air defense system.
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Georgia’s Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli announced she had signed a contract to buy an air defense equipment from a French company during the Paris Airshow.
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Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) announced it has developed super-high-frequency gun that will deactivate the electronic components inside UAVs and precision-guided warheads.
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