Oryx at Bellingcat believes Libyan Dawn is toying with the idea of converting the S-125 surface-to-air missile (NATO SA-3) as unguided ground attack missiles.
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Category: Air Defense
Second S-400 air defense system deployed to Kamchatka Peninsula
Russian Pacific Fleet’s press service announced that a second S-400 air defense system has arrived in Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Locklear: Chinese reclamation works in South China Sea could lead to new ADIZ
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Locklear, told Congress that China’s may be able to enforce a Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over South China Sea once reclamation works on islands it occupied there are completed.
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Barak 1 to be installed on board INS Vikramaditya
India’s aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will finally get an surface-to-air missile system for self-defense.
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NORAD says its radars failed to detect gyrocopter that landed at Capitol Hill
A 61-year-old man flew a gyrocopter and landed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. North American Aerospace Defense Command said its radars failed to detect the aircraft.