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Japan plans new anti-ship missile that can reach parts of Taiwan

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 by alert5

To counter potential threats from China, Japan is planning to develop a longer-range surface-to-ship missile and deploy it in Okinawa Prefecture.

Japan new ASM
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Posted in Navy

KC-46A cleared for production

Posted on August 14, 2016August 14, 2016 by alert5

U.S. Under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, Frank Kendall, has signed off the Boeing KC-46A aerial refueling tanker for low-rate initial production.

KC-46 refuels A-10 during Milestone C test
By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry, KC-X

Love the PAK-FA air-to-air photo? Check out the video.

Posted on August 14, 2016August 14, 2016 by alert5
Love the PAK-FA air-to-air photo?  Check out the video.

To mark the Russian Aerospace Force Day, the Russian Ministry of Defense released this video.

https://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/«Небо-подвластно-сильным».mp4
Posted in Air Force, PAK-FA

Fat Albert out for the rest of 2016 airshow season

Posted on August 13, 2016August 13, 2016 by alert5

The Blue Angels will be performing at airshows without its familiar C-130T, nicknamed Fat Albert, for the rest of this season as the aircraft is undergoing scheduled maintenance at Tinker Air Force Base.

Blue Angels Fat Albert Hercules C-130 Sun 'N Fun 2014 (14034219191)
By Pablo Andrés Ortega Chávez (Flickr) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Airshow, Marines

Nice air-to-air photo of PAK-FA

Posted on August 13, 2016 by alert5

Posted in Air Force, Industry, PAK-FA

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