Taiwan will upgrade the firepower of its Lafayette-class and Knox-class frigates by installing the Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile on them.
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Pentagon says lithium-ion batteries on the F-35 are safe
The Pentagon said lithium-ion batteries used on the F-35 are safe as they were made by different manufacturers than those used on the 787, and the jet’s battery systems had been rigorously tested.
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USN to disband VAW-77
VAW-77, based at NAS JRB New Orleans, will be disbanded by the U.S. Navy next month. The unit is the U.S. Navy’s only fully dedicated counter-narcotics squadron.
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SM-3 Block IA intercepts target using STSS-D data
USS Lake Erie successfully intercepted a target missile with a SM-3 Block IA interceptor using data coming from the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrators (STSS-D).
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YouTube: AN/AAQ-37 detects hostile ground fire
The AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS), developed for the F-35 Lightning II, has added hostile ground fire detection to its capabilities by successfully detecting and locating tanks that were firing live rounds during preparations for a military exercise.
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