Aviation News
The South China Morning Post reported on Nov. 1 that China’s second indigenous aircraft carrier will be equipped with the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).
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A report from Izvestia says Russia is researching on a new ekranoplan – aka ground effect vehicle – that can perform rescue missions and resupply remote bases in Arctic and Pacific.
By Fred Schaerli (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Scaled Composites announced on Oct. 11 that it is building two experimental aircraft “to demonstrate advanced, low-cost manufacturing techniques” and one of the aircraft has flown.
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Photo: Scaled Composites
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South Korea’s Yonhap news says Seoul has secured all the technology required to build a graphite bomb. The weapon – also known as blackout bomb – is used to disable electrical power systems.
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