Since October last year, the RoCAF has scrambled its IDF fighters 160 times to track unidentified aircraft.
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Category: Air Defense
Finland to buy hundreds of Stinger missiles
Finland plans to purchase hundreds of Stinger anti-air missiles from the United States, Finnish defense minister Carl Haglund announced in Washington DC on Jan. 23.
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China officially unveils first early warning squadron
China has officially acknowledge the existence of an early warning aircraft squadron in the Guangzhou military region.
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Oman selects NASAMS
The Sultanate of Oman has awarded Raytheon $1.28 billion for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS).
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Production of Arrow 3 starts
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) has started production of the Arrow 3 interceptor. The system is expected to be operational in 2015.
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