Taiwan has detected Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and her escorts moving north on the western side of Taiwan Strait on the night of Jan. 10 and has scrambled IDFs and E-2K to monitor the PLAN ships.
Category: Navy
Super Hornet returns to active-duty; 7 years after suffering in-flight fire
The U.S. Navy has managed to return a fire-damaged Super Hornet back to the fleet for the first time.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
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Pakistan test-fires Babur-3 SLCM for first time
Pakistan carried out its first successful test of the Babur-3 Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) from the Indian Ocean on Jan. 9.
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Watch 3 Super Hornets release 103 mini-drones
During a demonstration at China Lake in October 2016, three Super Hornets released 103 Perdix mini-uavs and the drones then later flew together as a swarm.
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For 1st time since WW2, a CSG will be under 3rd Fleet command after crossing IDL
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently underway for the Western Pacific on a regularly scheduled deployment. But this time, the CSG will remain under U.S. 3rd Fleet command and control even after crossing the International Date Line (IDL).
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