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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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An anonymous source told TASS that the Russian Ministry of Defense has ordered the production of air and missile defense systems to be tripled.
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Raytheon has been given a $700-million contract to install new communications equipment inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.
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During a press briefing at the Pentagon, Adm. Bill Gortney, head of NORAD and Northern Command, said political leaders in U.S. and Canada have been briefed on upgrades to the early warning sensors in the North Warning System.
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India has suffered a setback in its bid to create a missile defense shield when a test firing of the Advanced Air Defence interceptor failed on Apr. 6.
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