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Uzbekistan orders Mi-35 attack helicopters

Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 by alert5

TASS reported on Mar. 29 that Uzbekistan has signed a contract to buy more than 10 Mi-35 attack helicopters.

By Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation (Mi-35) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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French Navy Rafales, E-2C arriving at Hampton Roads next month

Posted on March 30, 2018March 29, 2018 by alert5

The French Navy is bring 12 Rafale Ms and one E-2C to Hampton Roads, Virginia for a deployment that will eventually see them embarking aboard USS George H.W. Bush.

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Croatia selects Israeli second-hand F-16C/Ds

Posted on March 30, 2018March 29, 2018 by alert5

Croatia’s Defense Council has recommended that the country accept an offer from Israel to sell 10 F-16Cs and 2 F-16Ds.

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JF-17 to get Chinese KLJ-7A AESA radar

Posted on March 29, 2018 by alert5

A researcher from China’s Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology says the JF-17 in service with Pakistan will be upgraded with the institute’s KLJ-7A Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.

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