Category: Air Force

Israel will approach the Obama administration for $700 million to purchase four additional Iron Dome batteries and to speed up the development of David’s Sling.
Continue reading “Israel seeks $700 million from U.S. for four more Iron Dome batteries”

H/T to Arms Control Wonk. Chief of the Royal Saudi Air Force had confirmed the sale of Storm Shadow cruise missile to U.S. Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro in October 2009, according to a WikiLeaks cable.
Continue reading “Saudi confirmed sale of Storm Shadow to U.S.”

The first Taiwanese PAC-2 missile system upgraded to PAC-3 standard has secretly arrived back home and is currently being deployed in Taipei’s Nangang District.

[thumb]http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/04/04/336733/Missile-unit.htm[/thumb]

A 35-year-old New Zealand man landed himself in court after police matched his DNA to a sample taken from a spit on the wheel cover of a RAAF C-17 that was vandalized four years ago.
Continue reading “Spit leads police to man who vandalized RAAF C-17 in New Zealand four years ago”