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.
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Category: Air Force
PAC-3 missile system secretly arrived back in Taiwan
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.
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Spit leads police to man who vandalized RAAF C-17 in New Zealand four years ago
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.
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Second MQ-9 crash in Seychelles
For the second time in four months, a U.S. MQ-9 crashed while landing at Seychelles International Airport on Wednesday.
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South Sudan says it shot down a Sudanese MiG-29
South Sudan accused Sudan of launching air strikes in South Sudan’s Unity State on Wednesday and had shot down a Sudanese MiG-29.
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