Aviation News
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.
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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.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has agreed to resuming testing of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), after investigations revealed the cause of last October’s incident.
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Four people aboard a Russian Army Mi-8 helicopter were killed when the rotor-craft went down in Pskov region northwest of Moscow on Feb. 8.
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By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Mi-8 Stargard) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Pakistan Army Aviation MFI-17 Mushshak crashed on Feb. 9, killing two on board the aircraft. The aircraft was on a training mission when it went down near Gujranwala.
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