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TWISTER is the EU’s endo-atmospheric interceptor

Posted on November 14, 2019 by alert5

The Council of the European Union has approved the TWISTER (Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance) capability project.

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Republic of China Marine Corps FIM-92 live-firing exercise

Posted on November 12, 2019 by alert5

Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD

Posted on November 11, 2019 by alert5

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Serbia drops plan to buy S-400 over U.S. threats of sanctions

Posted on November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 by alert5

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told RTS national television on Nov. 6 that the country will not buy the S-400 air defense missile system.

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Taiwan could reevaluate plan to buy land-based Phalanx weapons system

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by alert5

A new report from Taiwan’s Up Media suggest the military is reassessing a plan to buy the land-based Phalanx weapons system to help protect its underground air bases at Hualien and Taitung.

A land–based Phalanx weapons system assigned to B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducts a test fire mission to maintain mission readiness at Camp Manion, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2017. The LPWS targets and destroys incoming enemy munitions before they are able to cause damage to an area. B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducted the fire mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)

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