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The Indian Navy has published a 59-page request for information (RFI) for 57 carrier-borne fighter aircraft, Flight Global reports.
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Four F-35Cs arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore on Jan. 25 to join the recently reactivated VFA-125.
The U.S. Navy has been satisfied with the recent developments of the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and has decided that the new system to stop carrier-borne aircraft will be installed on board the next USS John F. Kennedy.
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An anonymous U.S. defense official has confirmed that a British Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile fired from HMS Vengeance off the coast of Florida last year did veer off course.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has come under pressure to disclose whether she knew a Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) fired off the coast of Florida had went the wrong direction during testing weeks before Parliamentarians voted to replace the Trident.
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