The Israeli Defense Ministry says the David’s Sling missile defense system has carried out the first successful interception.
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Category: Air Force
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Taiwan’s F-16 Upgrade
James Hardy, Asia-Pacific Editor of IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, looks at Taiwan’s F-16 upgrade program and it’s quest for 66 F-16C/Ds.
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Syrian rebels seize helicopter base east of Damascus
Syrian rebels said on Sunday that they had captured a helicopter base east of Damascus. The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman, said rebels seized control of the Marj al-Sultan base on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday morning.
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Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison crashes in Gujarat
The Indian Air Force lost one of it’s upgraded MiG-21 Bison on Saturday when one went down after taking off from Naliya Airbase in Gujarat at 11.30 am.
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Iron Dome interceptor veers off, landed near highway
An interception by an Iron Dome missile battery went wrong on Wednesday and one interceptor landed 30 meters from a highway.
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