The U.S. Congress has been notified of a potential sale of 112 Patriot GEM-T missiles to South Korea.
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Category: Air Defense
Turkish PM defends HQ-9 order
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended the decision to buy air defense system from China, one day after NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Turkey should consider NATO’s reaction.
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YouTube: South Korea to buy stealth-detecting radars by mid-2020
South Korea is eying stealth-detecting radars to counter stealth aircraft from neighboring China, Japan and Russia.
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China warns Japan against shooting down its UAVs
During a press conference on Oct. 22, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying warned that Beijing will “resolutely respond to any external provocation” if Japan shoots down its UAV flying in the disputed Senkaku Islands.
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NATO Secretary General wants Turkey to consider interoperability when buying missile defense system
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said while it’s Turkey’s “national decision to decide which equipment to purchase,” it is important “that the systems nations plan to acquire can work and operate together with similar systems in other Allied nations.”
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