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A AH-64 attack helicopter taking part in an exercise at the National Training Center in the Mojave Desert was forced to land after a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord damage the rotor-craft with live rounds.
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Photo: U.S. Army
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The Pentagon has published its latest report on China’s military power on May 13. This year’s report is notable for its extensive coverage of Chinese military activities in South China Sea.
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A Turkish AH-1 attack helicopter was shot down in the mountains of southeastern Turkey on May 13 and now a video has surfaced showing a fighter with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) using a 9K38 Igla (NATO: SA-18) MANPADS to down the rotor-craft.
Textron is working on an upgrade of its Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle that will allow the RQ-7 to gain some capabilities that are currently limited to larger UAVs such as the MQ-1.
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Russian military has placed an order for 24 Mi-28UBs and 2 Mi-26s. This is the first time it orders the Mi-28UB which comes with dual-controls.
By Aleksandr Medvedev (http://russianplanes.net/id78231) [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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