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U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven countries will prevent Iraqi F-16 pilots from training with Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing, Senator John McCain has warned.
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Taiwan has deliberately disclosed that a PAC-3 unit is now deployed to Taitung on the east side of the island.
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Screen grab from Ministry of National Defense video
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A member of the U.S. special forces was killed during a raid on Al Qaeda fighters in central Yemen. A V-22 dispatched to evacuate the wounded later had to make a hard landing and the wreckage was later deliberately destroyed.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated that he will think through a decision to give preemptive strike capability to the Japan Self-Defense Force.
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Photo: JASDF
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