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1st Marine Aircraft Wing phasing in AH-1Z in Japan

Posted on January 7, 2017January 7, 2017 by alert5

The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing has started to phase out its AH-1W attack helicopters with the newest AH-1Zs at MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.

Israeli satellite spots Russia Iskandars in Syria

Posted on January 7, 2017January 7, 2017 by alert5

Israeli firm, ImageSat International (iSi), has published photos of two Iskander transloaders out in the open at Hmeymin airbase in Syria.

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Admiral Kuznetsov carrier group heading home

Posted on January 7, 2017January 7, 2017 by alert5

Moscow has directed the Russian Navy to start withdrawing aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the supporting warships back home.

Photo: Forsvaret
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In future, U.S. warfighters will communicate via undersea optic fiber backbone

Posted on January 7, 2017January 6, 2017 by alert5

In a future conflict, U.S. forces might be denied the use of traditional tactical networks by the enemy. DARPA has come up with a plan to keep communications in contested environments alive by using an an undersea optical fiber backbone.

Graphic: DARPA
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Talks on selling Kfir to Argentina will restart

Posted on January 6, 2017January 6, 2017 by alert5

Flight Global says a third round of discussions to sell the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Kfir fighter to Argentina will soon resume.

By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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