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Australia has published its 2016 Defense Whitepaper and one of the recommendation is to phase out the Tiger attack helicopter in around ten years time.
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Bidgee [CC BY-SA 3.0 au], via Wikimedia Commons
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Mi-24 and Mi-28 attack helicopters recently took part in an exercise in Krasnodar region of southern Russia.
E Battery, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment from the U.S. Army was deployed to Osan Air Base, South Korea for a recent battalion field training exercise to integrate the unit’s Avenger Missile System and Sentinel Radar with the Patriot unit from the rest of 6-52 ADA.
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Photo by U.S. Army Capt. William Leasure
The U.S. Army plans to upgun its Stryker 8×8 armored vehicles with a 30mm automatic cannon and the weapon will come with air-bust shells to act as an anti-aircraft platform.
By Sgt. Thomas Johnson (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1727359) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
According to Chosuniblo, South Korea and the United States have decided to deploy the THAAD air defense system at Chilgok or Daegu in North Gyeongsang Province.
Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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