The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) recently completed a comprehensive system demonstration at Pratica di Mare Air Base near Rome, Italy.
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Category: Air Defense
Pentagon ask Congress for $225 million to buy Iron Dome interceptors for Israel
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has approached the Congress for $225 million in additional funding to buy Iron Dome interceptors for Israel.
China carried out land-based missile interception test
The Chinese government announced it had carried out a land-based missile interception test and the objectives of the test were achieved.
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AMDR clears two reviews
Raytheon’s new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for the DDG 51 Flight III destroyers has cleared both the Preliminary Design Review and the Integrated Baseline Review.
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Reuters: Ukrainian rebel leader confirmed separatists had Buk
Ukrainian rebel leader Alexander Khodakovsky told Reuters that pro-Russian separatists did possess the Buk air defense system.
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