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Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo, director of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s expert consultation committee, told CCTV recently that the country’s J-15s have made “thousands of takeoffs” using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).
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Jane’s was told by Raytheon at the Dubai airshow that the company has no plans to evolve the AMRAAM-ER into an air-to-air missile.
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A report by Dominic Perry for Flight Global says the successor for the AW129 Mangusta attack helicopter has been designated as AW249.
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Taiwan has converted the Mk 82 general-purpose bomb into a depth charge and it will be deployed on its P-3C. A separation test from the Orion has been carried out successfully.
