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India bringing P-8I to bilateral exercise with Singapore Navy

Posted on May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 by alert5

The Indian Navy will dispatch four warships and its P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to a bilateral exercise with the Singapore Navy next week.

Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons
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RQ-4 detachment deployed to Yokota has flown its first mission

Posted on May 11, 2017 by alert5

The RQ-4 temporarily deployed to Yokota, Japan from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam has flown its first mission on May 5.

An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group Detachment 1 takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 5, 2017. This was its first take-off since its arrival May 1, 2017. The Global Hawk supports U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance priorities, operational plans, and contingency operations throughout the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

USS Lake Champlain collides with South Korean fishing boat

Posted on May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 by alert5

Guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain has collided with South Korean fishing boat 502 Namyang in the waters south of Ulleung Island on May 9.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Sweden will buy Boeing’s T-X only if it wins USAF competition

Posted on May 10, 2017 by alert5

Sweden will only replace its aging Saab 105 jet trainer with the T-X trainer made by Boeing and Saab if the latter wins the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition.

Photo: Boeing
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Taiwan still searching for misfired HF-3

Posted on May 10, 2017 by alert5

Spokesman for Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense, Maj. Gen. Chen Chung-chi, briefed the local media that the military is still searching for the Hsiung Feng-3 (HF-3) supersonic anti-ship missile that was accidentally fired last year.

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