The ability of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) to function as an anti-ship missile interceptor has been verified with a recent test-firing from INS Visakhapatnam.
South Korea and U.S. aircraft participated in landing drills at emergency landing strip
A takeoff and landing drill involving South Korean and U.S. military aircraft took place at an emergency landing strip in Changnyeong County, South Korea on Mar. 8.
GA-ASI’s LongShot proposal enters Phase 2
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program has selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) proposal for Phase 2 in March. DARPA had stated that the LongShot program aims to show that an unmanned air-launched vehicle can use air-to-air weapons to take down enemy aircraft. This will increase the range and effectiveness of air superiority missions.
Graphic: General Atomics
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China is developing a new indigenous helicopter
Wu Ximing, designer of the Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter, recently told China Central Television (CCTV) that a new helicopter is being develop by Chinese aerospace engineers.
Shimin Gu (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons
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JSDF deploys Type 03 surface-to-air missiles to Ishigaki Island
On Mar. 5, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) moved approximately 150 vehicles, including launchers for surface-to-ship and surface-to-air guided missiles, to its new base on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, news media in Japan reported.
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