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A panel of scientists that provides independent advice to the U.S. Air Force has recommended that the flying branch go ahead with firing the solid-state slab laser from a AC-130J gunship.
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The final French Navy Triomphant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) that requires modifications so that it can launch the M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is now at dock 8 of the naval base in Brest.
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The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) said today that China has installed large anti-aircraft guns and probable close-in weapons systems (CIWS) on the artificial islands it controls in the Spratly archipelago.
Japan’s Defense Minister Tomomi Inada told reporters that she has asked the U.S. military to suspend flights of the MV-22 after one went down in waters off Okinawa on Dec. 13.
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