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Iran has supplied Syria with a new type of unmanned aerial vehicle, Bellingcat concludes. Iran is believed to have supplied the Shahed-123 UAV which is easily identified from its landing skids.
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Source: Bellingcat
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries unveiled its ATD-X stealth demonstration to the press at its plant in Komaki today. The dimensions of the aircraft are 14.2m long, 9.1m wide and a height of 4.5m. The aircraft has been designated as X-2.
In a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, head of the United States Strategic Command, Adm. Cecil D. Haney, said China has so far conducted six successful tests of its hypersonic glide vehicle.
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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Raytheon a $14 million contract to research on two concepts for next-generation, air-launched, tactical missiles.
Photo: Bill Sweetman/AWST
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More details have emerged on the Missile Defense Agency’s plan to fit a laser weapon on a high flying unmanned aerial vehicle in order to destroy ballistic missiles at the boost-phase.
By US Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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