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Lockheed Martin completes site acceptance test of a TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar

Posted on March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 by alert5

Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful site acceptance test of a TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar (TPS-77 MRR). The radar is one of three ordered by Latvia.

TPS-77 MRR taken in Ventspils, Latvia, during Site Acceptance Test. Courtesy 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

Final USAF MQ-1 flight

Posted on March 12, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force retired the MQ-1 at Creech Air Force Base on Mar. 9 after more than 20 years of service.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Thompson

Taiwan confirms Wild Weasel role for IDF

Posted on March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 by alert5

Taiwan’s air force confirmed that its upgraded F-CK-1C/D IDF fighter jets will be armed with indigenous anti-radiation missiles （反輻射飛彈) in a video it release on Mar. 9.

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PACAF F-16s in Indonesia for Exercise Cope West 18

Posted on March 11, 2018 by alert5

The U.S. Pacific Air Force is deploying F-16s from Misawa, Japan to Manado, Indonesia for Exercise Cope West 18.

Bidgee [CC BY-SA 3.0 au], via Wikimedia Commons
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Close look at Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile

Posted on March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 by alert5

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showing a MiG-31 crew making a training launch of the recently disclosed Kinzhal hypersonic missile.