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The Aegis Ashore test facility in Hawaii might become the newest U.S. anti-ballistic missile site as the Pentagon toys with the idea of making it fully operational.
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As Dassault prepares to make a sales pitch to the Indian Navy to buy its Rafale M, RAC MiG has toss its hat into the ring and a company spokeswoman said the manufacturer is ready to compete by counter-offering the MiG-29K.
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India’s aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka on Jan. 21. The ship was accompanied by guided missile destroyer INS Mysore.
Photo: Indian Navy
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In this Oped on Wall Street Journal, Daniel Z. Katz – the director for defense analysis at Aviation Week Intelligence and Data Services – urge the U.S. government to station a fighter wing, air-refueling tankers and P-8 on Luzon, Philippines.
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INS Viraat is currently underway for her last operational cruise and is sailing towards Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) next month.
Photo: Indian Navy
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