British Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond said London is willing to send it Eurofighters to Lithuania to bolster the NATO-led Baltic Air Policing Mission there.
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Category: Air Defense
Israel preparing itself against attacks by UAVs
Flightglobal reports that Israel is taking steps to boost its air defense system against unmanned aircraft that may one day be used to attack the country.
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“Terrain masking” by #MH370, how it could have been done
Today, Malaysian newspaper New Straits Time cited unnamed officials as saying that Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 had flown at an altitude of 5,000ft or even lower after it made an air turn back and flew west.
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Three RTAF air defense radars that could have seen #MH370 – Update 16:09hrs
The Royal Thai Air Force’s air defense posture consists of three sectors, the southern sector is termed RTADS (Royal Thai Air Defense System) Phase 3.
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The RMAF radar that last saw #MH370
The last radar contact of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was at 0215hrs local time, the aircraft was flying at 29500ft and was 200nm northwest of Penang island. The radar under Malaysia’s air defense umbrella that could see the Boeing 777 was a SELEX RAT-31 DL long range radar that sits on top of Penang Hill, 800m above sea level.
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