North Korea has made great strides in improving the quality of its fuel for ballistic missiles. This allows the nation to keep missiles loaded with fuel on standby for weeks to several years.
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Category: Air Defense
Taiwan protesting against new airways setup by mainland
Taiwan’s civil aviation officials have protested against 4 new airways setup by China that will go into effect on Mar. 5.
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U.K. installing BMC4I system in Falklands
Britain is planning to improve the air defense system in Falklands with a new battle management command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (BMC4I) system, a new missile and a radar.
Research being carried out for THAAD-ER
Lockheed Martin has been working on a two-stage extended-range (ER) variant of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor.
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U.S. refused to compensate S. Korea over faulty SM-2 missile
A SM-2 missile fired by the South Korean Navy during Exercise RIMPAC in 2010 failed to hit its target.
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