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The first 12 Dassault Rafale fighters for the India Air Force could be bed down at Sarsawa air base in Uttar Pradesh.
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For the fifth straight year, Japan’s cabinet approved a fatter defense budget and it is a record $44 billion.
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Seoul announced on Dec. 22 that its Taurus cruise missile is now ready for combat. The news comes after the weapon was recently delivered to the country earlier this month.
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At a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu disclosed that 162 new and upgraded weapons were tested in Russia’s military campaign in Syria and 10 of these had flaws that were not revealed during trials.
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