IISS: North Korea’s ICBMs use RD-250 engines produced by Ukraine’s KB Yuzhnoye

In his report for International Institute for Strategic Studies, Michael Elleman concludes that North Korea probably acquired RD-250 engines from Ukraine’s KB Yuzhnoye to power its Hwasong-12, -14 ballistic missiles.

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Airbus Helicopters declares a unsafe condition for all Tiger variants

Airbus Helicopters has issued a safety bulletin on Aug. 11 declaring all variants of the Tiger attack helicopter as unsafe. The bulletin came after a German Tiger crashed in Mali.

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By Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany, Germany (Airbus Helicopter Tiger) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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