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Australia will ignore Chinese ADIZ over South China Sea

Posted on June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 by alert5

Australia’s Defense Minister Kevin Andrews said his country will not recognize any Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) setup by China over the South China Sea.

By CIA. Cropped and Flags added by Estarapapax. (Central Intelligence Agency.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan’s plan to build PAC-3 base in Kaohsiung exposed

Posted on May 31, 2015May 31, 2015 by alert5

Taiwan has inadvertently revealed a plan to build a PAC-3 missile base in the southern city of Kaohsiung.

By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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GMD interceptor had fatal flaw, some had two

Posted on May 31, 2015May 31, 2015 by alert5

All 33 of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors had a serious defect that could render it useless in combat, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has warned.

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