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Japan’s Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya has admitted on Jun. 14 that a potential Aegis Ashore site in Akita prefecture would need to be protected from tsunami.
Photo: MDA
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The FIM-92 Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) for the U.S Army is being enhanced with proximity fuzes, Raytheon says.
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Speaking to Reuters, the general manager of the NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency says the alliance might switch to the Boeing 737 AEW&C platform to replace the aging E-3.
Pedro Aragão [CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
Two U.S. lawmakers have introduce the “U.S.-Israel Indirect Fire Protection Act of 2019 (H.R. 3186) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to procure two Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system batteries.”
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Singapore will be displaying tanks and military vehicles at its National Day Parade on Aug. 9 this year as part of the celebrations to mark the bicentennial.
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