RADA says a “key customer based in the Far-East” has ordered its RPS-42 radar system for the development and testing of the latter’s High Energy Laser (HEL) ground-based tactical weapon system.
Bangladesh test-fired FM-90 (HQ-7A)
Bangladesh’s air defense forces carried out a live-fire test of its Chinese FM-90, export variant of HQ-7A, at Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar on Jan. 3.
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Liaoning carried out flight operations in South China Sea
China says its J-15 carrier-borne fighters flew over South China Sea for the first time on Jan. 2, one week after the carrier and her escorts rounded Taiwan and docked in Hainan.
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C-119 that participated in Battle of Chosin Reservoir saved from scrap yard
A Fairchild C-119B, #48-0352, was supposed to be turned into scrap metal but the Air Mobility Command Museum managed to rescue it in time at Edwards Air Force Base.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Cacicia
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Japan trying to sell Kawasaki P-1, C-2 to New Zealand
Japan’s defense industry has thrown its hat into New Zealand’s transport and maritime patrol aircraft competition by offering the Kawasaki P-1 and C-2 to Wellington.
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