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U.S. combatant commanders around the world have been requesting for more BMD-capable cruisers and destroyers in the past few years. However, the U.S. Navy will soon be unable to meet those requests.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted a ban to supply Iran with the S-300 air defense system.
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KONGSBERG has signed a contract to upgrade Norway’s NASAMS air defense system with new communications equipment.
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Director of Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaykin, has announced that China has purchased the S-400 air defense system.
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The upgraded Pantsir-S2 gun/SAM system will enter service by end of the year, Commander of Air Defense Troops of the Russian Air Force told reporters.
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