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Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas company wants to buy A400M

Posted on April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by alert5

Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina will buy the Airbus A400M, State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry undersecretary for financial, survey and consulting services Gatot Trihargo has revealed.

Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Boeing ramping up production of F-15; can produce up to 3 new jets a month

Posted on April 23, 2019 by alert5

Boeing is busy rejigging the F-15 assembly line in St Louis in order to meet the U.S. Air Force’s demand to deliver the F-15EX quickly.

Credit: Boeing
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Another MiG-35UB has flown

Posted on April 23, 2019 by alert5

A new MiG-35UB with serial number 11 has flown at the P.A. Voronin Production Center outside Moscow. This is the second MiG-35UB.

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Despite loss of F-35A, Japan assures U.S. it will continue to buy the jet

Posted on April 22, 2019 by alert5

Takeshi Iwaya, Japan’s Minister of Defense, has assured acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan that Tokyo will continue to buy more F-35s despite the crash of a F-35A recently.

Photos: JASDF

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RAND recommends that Baltics SOF, National Guard units expand inventory of anti-armor and anti-air systems

Posted on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 by alert5

A report by RAND on deterring Russian aggression in the Baltic States suggests that the special operation forces (SOF) and national guard units of the three countries should have more man-portable anti-armor and anti-air systems.

Soldiers with C Battery, 2nd battalion, 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, South Carolina Army National Guard, fire a FIM-92 Stinger from a Man-Portable Air-Defense System configuration during live fire training July 19, 2017, at Capu Midia, Romania, as part of Saber Guardian 17. Saber Guardian is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational exercise that spans across Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania with more than 25,000 service members from 22 allied and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Borunda)

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