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Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry on Monday unveiled three bids from Italy, Sweden and Portugal for the country’s MiG-29 replacement competition.
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The U.S. State Department has confirmed that a U.S. Army Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle company will be deployed permanently at kunsan Air Base in South Korea.
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Reuters says Tokyo intends to send its helicopter carrier JS Izumo to ports in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka over a period of three months.
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Budgetary pressure has forced the Israeli Artillery Corps to deactivate its elite Meitar special forces unit. The outfit was tasked with striking the enemy using the Tammuz anti-tank missile.
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Taiwan’s United Daily News says the United States has sent personnel, including staff from Raytheon, to the island to inspect on the two PAC-3 air defense missile systems deployed at Hualian and Taitung.
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