An executive from NPO Pribor told reporters that the testing of the 9-A1-4071K cannon for PAK-FA will likely be completed this year.
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Adversary services companies struggling to challenge the F-35
CEO of Airborne Tactical Advantage Company told Seapower magazine that the F-35 “is easily able to counter the adversary services aircraft thrown at it in numbers” and the adversary services industry is struggling to come up with a realistic threat aircraft to challenge fifth-generation fighters.
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F-22s scrambled to intercept Russian Tu-95 100 miles south of Kodiak
Two F-22s were scrambled from Elmendorf Air Force Base on the evening of Apr. 17 to intercept a Russian Tu-95 bomber that was approaching the coast of Alaska.
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Blackhawk crash in Maryland golf course kills one
One U.S. military serviceman was killed and two others seriously injured when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed at the Breton Bay Golf and Country Club in Leonardtown, Maryland on Apr. 17.
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Russia’s Zircon anti-ship missile reached Mach 8
An anonymous source in the Russia’s defense sector told TASS that new Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missile under development has reached a speed of Mach 8 during testing.
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