Russia has declared that its locally-upgraded Forpost-R unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has made its maiden flight.
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Vietnam developing coastal variant of KCT-15 anti-ship missile
Vietnam has a license to produce the Russian Kh-35E anti-ship missile which it dubbed the KCT-15. A recent video by QPVN shows CAD designs for a coastal variant.
USMC F-35Bs could be operating from JS Izumo as early as next year
Japan will complete modifications necessary to support the flight operations of the F-35B in fiscal 2020, Asahi Shimbun reports.
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Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Australia sending P-8A to patrol Strait of Hormuz
Australia will become the third country to join the United States in patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Pentagon kills RKV
The Pentagon has decided to pull the plug on the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program after “exercising due diligence,” the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering says.
Graphic: Raytheon
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