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Mistral 3 hits target at 7km; demonstrates anti-drone capability

Posted on November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 by alert5

MBDA says its Mistral 3 missile has successfully demonstrated its ability to engage a moving target out to seven kilometers.

Photo:MBDA

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Draken International’s regenerated Mirate F1 has flown

Posted on November 16, 2019 by alert5

Draken International announced on Nov. 15 that its regenerated Mirage F1 has flown three days earlier at Lakeland Linder International Airport, Florida.

By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Kongsberg says Japan has signed follow-on contract for JSM

Posted on November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 by alert5

Kongsberg announced on Nov. 12 that a follow-on contract to supply the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) to Japan has been signed.

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UAE cleared to buy 10 CH-47Fs

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on the potential Foreign Military Sale to the United Arab Emirates of 10 CH-47F helicopters.

Maj. Will Cox [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Taiwan could reevaluate plan to buy land-based Phalanx weapons system

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by alert5

A new report from Taiwan’s Up Media suggest the military is reassessing a plan to buy the land-based Phalanx weapons system to help protect its underground air bases at Hualien and Taitung.

A land–based Phalanx weapons system assigned to B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducts a test fire mission to maintain mission readiness at Camp Manion, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2017. The LPWS targets and destroys incoming enemy munitions before they are able to cause damage to an area. B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment conducted the fire mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)

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