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China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier Shandong will visit Hong Kong from Jul. 3-7 with three escort vessels, offering public tours for the first time to Hong Kong residents, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported Jun. 28.
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U.S. Representative Darrell Issa has introduced legislation that would make a 100-year-old Korean War veteran eligible for the Congressional Medal of Honor more than seven decades after his classified combat actions that military historians consider among the most extraordinary in American aviation history.
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Swedish defense company Saab has announced a strategic partnership with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to develop airborne early warning and control capabilities for the MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft platform. The collaboration combines Saab’s sensor technology with General Atomics’ unmanned aircraft systems to create what the companies describe as an affordable alternative to traditional manned early warning platforms.
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A South Korean Navy P-3 maritime patrol aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Pohang on May 29, with four crew members aboard the aircraft at the time of the incident.
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) will conduct its first domestic drill involving long-range surface-to-ship missiles between Jun. 24 and 29, as the nation seeks to bolster its ability to address maritime threats, particularly amid China’s expanding naval activities. The GSDF announced on May 13 that the exercise will be held at the missile range next to Camp Shizunai on the southern coast of Hokkaido, with nonexplosive Type 88 missiles to be fired at a target in the Pacific within a 40-kilometer radius southwest of the launch site.
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