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Hungary cleared to buy 180 AIM-120C-7 missiles

Posted on August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 by alert5

Hungary has been given the green light by the U.S. State Department to buy 180 AIM-120C-7 air-to-air missiles.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Victoria Baldwin-King, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member assigned to crew 55-07 “Shooters”, adjusts an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile during a weapons load crew of the quarter competition at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 22, 2014. The LCOQ competition provides Airmen a platform to hone their skills and building camaraderie in the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Released)

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Pentagon kills RKV

Posted on August 22, 2019 by alert5

The Pentagon has decided to pull the plug on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program after “exercising due diligence,” the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering says.

Graphic: Raytheon
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First U.S. Army field artillery unit to be assigned C-RAM mission

Posted on August 16, 2019 by alert5

Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara, Hawaii Army National Guard Deputy Adjutant General visits Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment as they conduct Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar operations during deployment training, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Jun. 9, 2019. The 487th FAR was selected as the first non Air Defense Artillery unit to be trained on C-RAM operations outside of their primary Military Occupational Specialty of Field Artillery. (Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Theresa Gualdarama)

Taiwan shows its Chien Ling point-defense missile system defending a AN/FPS-115 site

Posted on August 14, 2019 by alert5

Taiwan has revealed that its Chien Ling point-defense missile system being adapted for land-use to defend its AN/FPS-115 radar site from cruise missile attacks.

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