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USS Dewey fired 20 HVPs during RIMPAC 2018

Posted on January 9, 2019 by alert5

The Pentagon quietly conducted a test of the hyper velocity projectile (HVP) aboard USS Dewey during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018.

USS Dewey (DDG 105) 141024-N-KB426-013 (15443922280)
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Posted in Air Defense, Navy

China said to have developed ship-based OTH radar

Posted on January 9, 2019 by alert5

China’s defense researcher Liu Yongtan was recently honored with the top science award at the National Science and Technology Award Conference.

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Posted in Air Defense, Navy, Research

India to build hardened aircraft shelters at bases near to China

Posted on January 8, 2019 by alert5

Jane’s reported that India will spend $788 million to build 108 Next-Generation Hardened Aircraft Shelters (NGHASs) at three air bases that are close to China.

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Listen to the audio recording of a Israeli F-15 losing its canopy at 30,000ft

Posted on January 8, 2019 by alert5

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Posted in Air Force

First female F-35 test pilot

Posted on January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 by alert5

Maj. Rachael Winiecki, 461st Flight Test Squadron, became the first female F-35 developmental test pilot on Dec. 14.


U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit
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