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A-100 flying test bed designated as A-100LL

Posted on August 23, 2016 by alert5

A interim flying test bed for the A-100 AEW&C platform will make its first flight next year and is being dubbed A-100LL. The actual A-100 will not fly until 2018.

By: Alexey Reznichenko (http://russianplanes.net/id174408) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Seoul to arm Incheon-class frigates with ship-to-surface missiles

Posted on August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 by alert5

South Korea has decided that it will arm the first batch of Incheon-class frigates with the supersonic Haeseong II ship-to-surface cruise missile.

By Mponguta (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Japan wants its F-15J to carry 16 air-to-air missiles

Posted on August 21, 2016August 21, 2016 by alert5

The Nikkei reported that Japan is rolling out a series of upgrades to its F-15J fleet and one key requirement is to have the fighter double its missile load to 16 air-to-air missiles.

Graphic: Boeing
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