The Pentagon has further eased restrictions imposed on the F-35 test fleet by allowing the roughly twenty jets to to fly six hours between engine inspection if their missions involved aerial refueling missions and weapons testing.
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Prototype Indian surface-to-surface missile lay unguarded at South Korean port
A prototype surface-to-surface short-range tactical ballistic missile was sent from India to a defense show in South Korea 10 months ago, however, the weapon lay unguarded at a local port when it missed the ship that will bring it home.
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Second Y-20 prototype now flying
U.S. Navy looks at arming helicopters with high energy laser weapon
H/T to Mil Aerospace Electronics. The U.S. Navy will ask the industry to come up with a prototype High Energy Fiber Laser for its helicopters.
U.S. concluded Russia violated INF treaty
The U.S. government has concluded that Russia violated the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by testing a ground-based cruise missile.
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