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Norway has proved that the IRIS-T dogfight missile also has a surface attack capability by firing one at a small boat target in September.
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China’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on its website that military installations on artificial islands it created in the South China Sea are for defense and self-protection.
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced that on Dec. 14, USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) demonstrated the ability of the Aegis baseline 9.C1 to tackle against a “complex medium-range ballistic missile target” by destroying it using a salvo of two SM-6 Dual I interceptors.
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Superjet International announced that the Thai government has ordered a third Superjet and a contract has been signed with the Royal Thai Air Force.
A spokesman for Russia’s Eastern Military District said a squadron of Su-34 fighter bombers has been set up in the Khabarovsk region which is close to the border with China.
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