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VMFA-232 tests M31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear System at Clark Air Base, Philippines

Posted on April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 by alert5

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A 18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 tests an M31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear System at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 2, 2019, during Exercise Balikatan. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines and comes from a Tagalog phrase meaning “shoulder-to-shoulder,” representing the partnership between the two countries. The exercise promotes regional security and humanitarian efforts for U.S. allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

Taiwan’s military attache to U.K. on the outlook of the island’s military helicopter fleet

Posted on April 6, 2019April 5, 2019 by alert5

Col. Li-Chiang Yuan, Assistant Director, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K., spoke to Defence IQ on the outlook of the island’s military helicopter fleet.

玄史生 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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India planning new conventional submarines that fire at least 12 LCAMs

Posted on April 6, 2019April 5, 2019 by alert5

The Indian Navy is planning to build six conventional diesel-electric submarines that can carry at least 12 Land Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM) each.

Indian Navy [GODL-India], via Wikimedia Commons

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VMFA-314 will be the second F-35C squadron to deploy at sea

Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by alert5

The U.S. Marine Corps is on schedule to deploy a F-35C squadron aboard an aircraft carrier and will accelerate the purchase of F-35Cs in order to ensure that units earmarked to receive the carrier-borne variant meet their planned transition and deployment deadlines.

USMC employee from VMFA-314 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons