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Bloomberg has been told by an anonymous Turkish official that Ankara has agreed to foot a $2.5 billion bill to buy the S-400 air defense missile system from Russia.
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An anonymous source within Malaysia’s Ministry of Defense told Reuters that the country has decided to put plans to buy new fighters on hold and focus on boosting its aerial surveillance capabilities instead.
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Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been forced to defend a deal to buy eight more KAI T-50TH advanced jet trainers from South Korea.
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A steel cutting ceremony for the Italian Navy’s new multipurpose amphibious unit (LHD) was held at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia on Jul. 12.
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Photo: Fincantieri
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The U.S. State Department has cleared the Foreign Military Sale case of Patriot air defense missile system to Romania. Congress was informed on the decision on Jul. 10.
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