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South Korea cleared to buy MH-60R

Posted on August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 by alert5

South Korea has been given the clearance to buy 12 MH-60R naval helicopters in a potential Foreign Military Sale estimated to be worth $800 million.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark A. Leonesio [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Russia has deployed its Bal coastal missile battery just 70km away from Norway

Posted on August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 by alert5

Russia’s Northern Fleet has deployed a Bal coastal missile battery just 70km away from Norway in the Sredny Peninsula.

Pliskin [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

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First female Marine selected to fly the F-35C

Posted on August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 by alert5

1st Lt. Catherine Stark from Erie has been selected to fly the F-35C, she is the first female USMC pilot to do so.

KINGSVILLE, Texas (Aug. 2, 2019) – Marine 1st Lt. Catherine Stark celebrates after receiving her Wings of Gold during a ceremony aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville. Stark will continue to her assigned fleet replacement squadron (FRS) to fly the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Stark is the first Marine to be assigned to the Navy’s F-35C FRS. (U.S. Navy photo by Anne Owens/Released)190802-N-OT909-1195

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Colombian Navy test fires SSM-700K

Posted on August 7, 2019 by alert5

Ukrainian Naval Aviation carried out anti-submarine drills in Black Sea

Posted on August 5, 2019 by alert5

Mi-14 and Ka-27 anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the Ukrainian Naval Aviation recently carried out anti-submarine warfare drills in the Black Sea.

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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