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The Aegis Combat System’s Baseline 9 combat system upgrade is powered by IBM’s x86 BladeCenter HT server. The U.S. Navy is now looking for another vendor to replace that unit after IBM sold its server line to Lenovo.
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The Indian Army inducted the Akash air defense missile system into service on May 2. The indigenous surface-to-air missile is operational with the Indian Air Force as well.
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Photo: DRDO
Non-government organization, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, has release a report saying the North Korea had executed prisoners using ZPU towed anti-aircraft guns.
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Taiwan’s military has confirmed that an upgraded IDF fighter was put under radar lock-on by a Chinese S-300 air defense missile system last year.
By Toshiro Aoki (http://jp-spotters.com/7622LL.html) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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