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If allegations that bribes were paid during Austria’s purchase of 18 Eurofighters were found to be true, the contract might be terminated.
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An Indonesian lawmaker overseeing defense and foreign affairs in Parliament said on Friday that the military should buy the Chinook first rather than the Apache.
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Another video of a low-flying aircraft in Russia has surfaced as well. This one shows a Mi-8 on a road near the Sverdlovsk region city of Kamensk-Uralsk on Aug. 24
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Australia’s police found a disarm AIM-9 missile in a man’s home in Adelaide last week. He has since been charged with offenses including possessing dangerous articles, unlawful possession and unregistered and insecure firearms.
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Fourteen Stinger missiles are now in the hands of the Free Syrian Army, Al-Arabiya television reported on Friday.
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