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Pakistan’s Minister for defense production, Rana Tanveer Hussain, disclosed that four Mi-35M attack helicopters will be delivered to the Pakistan Army next year.
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By Dmitry Zherdin [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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