Aviation News
An Aster 30 training missile launched from the Chevalier Paul air defense frigate successfully discriminate and intercept an air target that was pursuing a friendly aircraft on Jan. 13.
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Photo: MBDA / Michel Hans
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Tokyo has come up with a new plan to expand the scope of the mission in Djibouti. Currently, the troops there are tasked with securing the sea lanes in the Gulf of Aden.
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Taiwan is embarking on an ambitious shipbuilding program over the next couple of years, however, the RoC Navy has shelved a plan to build a helicopter carrier due to budget constrains.
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In the second of a two-part series by South China Morning Post, Xu Zengping, said the PLA Navy told him the service was severely underfunded and there was no support in Beijing when they asked him to go to Ukraine to buy Varyag.
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Top secret documents disclosed by Edward Snowden have revealed details of what Chinese hackers had stole from the F-35 program.
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