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For a start, Japan wants JS Izumo to be able to refuel USMC F-35Bs

Posted on December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 by alert5

Yomiuri Shimbun says Japan is planning to refit the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers so that it can operate as a floating refueling carrier for American F-35Bs.

By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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South Korea wants to test M-SAM air defense system in UAE

Posted on December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 by alert5

JoongAng Ilbo reports that South Korea is in talks with the UAE to test the former’s M-SAM air defense missile system in the Gulf State.

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Pantsyr-ME testing to start next year on Project 22800 Karakurt corvette

Posted on December 27, 2017 by alert5

TASS says Russia will commence the testing of the Pantsyr-ME naval air defense system next year. The trials will start on land before switching out to sea.

Photos: Michael Zherdev
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Beriev patents carrier-based AEW aircraft design

Posted on December 26, 2017 by alert5

Beriev Aircraft Scientific Center has received a patent for the design of a V-tail jet-powered aircraft capable of taking off from ski-jump equipped carriers.

Source: Beriev
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