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Russian Navy Kalibr cruise missile strikes in Syria

Posted on June 1, 2017 by alert5

Turkish AS 532 crash kills 13

Posted on June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 by alert5

A Turkish AS 352 military transport helicopter crashed near the border with Iraq on May 31 and all thirteen on board were killed.

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Switzerland could be in the market for 20 to 70 new fighters

Posted on May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 by alert5

A new study by the Swiss Ministry of Defense is proposing options to buy up to 70 new fighter aircraft or buy as few as 20.

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India cancels SR-SAM contest, buying more Akash instead

Posted on May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 by alert5

The Indian government has decided to cancel the Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SR-SAM) contest and buy more of the indigenous Akash air defense missile systems instead.

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GMD intercepts ICBM target for the first time

Posted on May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 by alert5

A Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor has successfully taken out a ICBM-class target – launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll – for the first time on May 30.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more info. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system. During the test, an ICBM-class target was launched from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target for GMD and the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. Visit https://www.mda.mil for more info.