Taiwan to modify Phalanx CIWS for air field defense

Taiwan has decided not to buy three sets of Centurion C-RAM system from the United States after it was told by the Pentagon that no evaluation testing data exists for the Centurion as it was urgent development program to counter rocket and mortar attacks on bases in Iraq.

A Counter Rocket, Artillery, Mortar weapon system is test fired on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2018. The C-RAM will be used as a response to indirect fire attacks on the base. U.S. Air Forces Central Command realigned airpower to USFOR-A Combined-Joint Area of Operations (CJOA) to support increased operations in support of the Resolute Support Mission and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sean Martin)

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Cooper: India’s purchase of Su-35 or S-400 will create interoperability issues with U.S. hardware

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, R. Clarke Cooper, says he hope that India will stop buying weapons from Russia and switch to the United States as its main weapons supplier.

Сухой Су-35С
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