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Engineers from India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be busy on Sept. 20 as five live-firings of the land-based Barak 8 air defense missile have been scheduled.
Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense
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Taiwan will use its IDF and Mirage 2000 fighters for three live air-to-air firing exercises starting from today over the Taiwan Strait.
By Toshiro Aoki (http://jp-spotters.com/7603LL.html) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The British Ministry of Defense has placed a $3.25 million order for the Leonardo-Finmeccanica BriteCloud decoy system.
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China’s Xinhua news agency reported that Thailand might consider the Shaanxi Y-9 transport aircraft as a candidate to replace the Royal Thai Air Force’s C-130.
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Photo: Royal Thai Air Force
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