Aviation News
According to Breaking Defense, Israel has wanted to bid for Switzerland’s air defense missile system tender with its David’s Sling system. However, Washington pressured Israel to keep the system out of the competition.
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United States Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Briefing slides seen by Marine Corps Times suggests the U.S. Marine Corps is interested in integrating the Iron Dome anti-missile system into its arsenal.
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The latest missile tests conducted by North Korea indicates the country can defeat the THAAD and Patriot missile defence systems deployed in South Korea.
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The first ever joint live-firing missile exercise between the Chinese and Russian navies took place on May 4 off Qingdao.
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The crew of guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner test fired a SM-2 missile off the coast of Virginia on Mar. 25. The crew used the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system to carry out the firing.
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Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian G. Reynolds [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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