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Poland has given Mesko a $220 million contract to buy the Piorun Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS).
By Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (http://mon.gov.pl/pl/galeria/1931) [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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The South Korean Army selected Warrant Officer Chung Sang-geun as its top helicopter gunner for 2016. A AH-1S pilot with the 109th aerial brigade, Chung was a former Special Forces solider.
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Russia carried out another test of its Nudol anti-satellite weapon on Dec. 16 and that was the third successful flight out of five tests so far.
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By USAF via Wikimedia Commons
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Update: It’s a regular JL-9.
Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) has published a series of images of the JL-9 on the production floor and the wings clearly show the folding mechanism.
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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg met incoming U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 21 and the aerospace company has promise him that the cost of replacing Air Force One with the 747-8 will not exceed $4 billion.
By U.S. Air Force File Photo. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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