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RoKAF fighters fired warning shots at Russian military aircraft

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 by alert5

Fighter jets from the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) fired warning shots at a Russian military aircraft after the latter entered South Korean airspace at 0909 hours local time.

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Serbia is 32nd operator of Mistral SHORADS

Posted on July 20, 2019 by alert5

Serbia has placed an order for the MBDA Mistral 3 short-range air defense system (SHORADS).

RBS 23 deployed to Gotland

Posted on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 by alert5

Sweden has deployed a RBS 23 medium range air defense missile system to Gotland.

Swadim [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Qatar to be first operator of AMRAAM-ER

Posted on July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 by alert5

Qatar has elected to buy the Raytheon National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) under a $2.2 billion deal and the air defense missile system will be armed with the new AMRAAM-ER missile.

Photo: Raytheon

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ELM-2084 participated in LTAMDS “sense off”

Posted on July 10, 2019 by alert5

Lockheed Martin joined hands with Elta to propose the ELM-2084 S-band radar for the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program.

United States Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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