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Sailors from VP-8 practice loading live AGM-84Ds at Kadena, Japan

Posted on November 3, 2017 by alert5

OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 31, 2017) Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 use a forklift to transport an AGM-84D Harpoon missile to a P-8A Poseidon aircraft for onload at Kadena Air Base, Japan. VP-8 is currently deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) missions, as well as providing maritime domain awareness to theater-level commanders. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jerome D. Johnson /Released)

HST Carrier Strike Group conducts live-fire exercise

Posted on November 3, 2017 by alert5

The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) carried out multiple live-fire exercises Nov. 1 in the Atlantic Ocean to prepare sailors for future operations.

171101-N-OX889-051 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) launches a SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise. Jason Dunham is underway with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group preparing for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Zachary Van Nuys/Released) — 171101-N-OX889-051
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) launches a SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise. Jason Dunham is underway with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group preparing for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Zachary Van Nuys/Released)

U.S. has been working on a new long-range air-to-air missile for 2 years

Posted on November 3, 2017November 2, 2017 by alert5

Flight Global has discovered the existence of a new long-range air-to-air missile in development and its hidden in U.S. budget documents.

Graphic: DoD
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China’s second indigenous aircraft carrier will have EMALS

Posted on November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 by alert5

The South China Morning Post reported on Nov. 1 that China’s second indigenous aircraft carrier will be equipped with the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).

By Tosaka (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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