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Vietnam developing coastal variant of KCT-15 anti-ship missile

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by alert5

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.

Posted in Navy

USMC F-35Bs could be operating from JS Izumo as early as next year

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by alert5

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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Posted in Marines, Navy

Australia sending P-8A to patrol Strait of Hormuz

Posted on August 22, 2019 by alert5

Australia will become the third country to join the United States in patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.

Port side view of A47-007 in May 2018

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Force

Pentagon kills RKV

Posted on August 22, 2019 by alert5

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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Posted in Air Defense, Space

ROBOpilot first flight

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by alert5

The Air Force Research Laboratory and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated has figured out a way to convert a general aviation aircraft into an unmanned platform without making permanent changes to the plane.

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Posted in Air Force, Research

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