Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas said that allies had accepted Estonia’s offer of its Amari air base as a second location for NATO Baltic air policing mission.
Category: Air Defense
South Korea trying to resume air surveillance blimp project to counter N. Korean UAVs
The recent intrusion of UAVs from North Korea has exposed weaknesses in South Korea’s air defense umbrella and Seoul is trying to bring back an air surveillance blimp project to boost its coverage.
North Korean UAV took pictures of South Korea’s Presidential office
A North Korea UAV that crashed in Paju, South Korea on Mar. 24 had taken 190 photos of the South Korean executive office and official residence of the President in Seoul.
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Qatar buys AH-64E, 737 AEW&C, A330 MRTT, NH90, PAC-3
Qatar has just announced a massive spending program to buy 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and three Boeing 737 Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, 22 NH90 helicopters, one PAC-3 air defense system, and two A330 MRTT tankers.
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Poland accelerating process of buying air defense missile system
Poland has decided to push forward the award of its air defense missile system competition by several months.
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