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An adviser to Russian President Putin said talks are effectively over and Moscow will soon announce the cancellation of the deal.
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The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to ban the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force from operating flights at Atsugi late at night and early in the morning.
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Bloomberg has obtained a memo written by Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Michael Gilmore, in which he criticized the poor reliability of the F-35B during its operational testing on board USS Wasp.
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After the failure of a SM-2 Block IIIA missile during a test firing this month, the U.S. Navy has place the weapon on “Wartime Use Only” status.
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The German Navy has contracted Airbus Defence and Space together with Lockheed Martin Overseas Services Corporation (LMOSC) to re-wing its P-3C fleet.
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