Aviation News
South Korea says Washington has agreed to allow the export of a crucial GPS component for the Taurus cruise missile and the RoKAF F-15K fleet will soon be able to be armed with the weapon by end of the year.
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A Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle that belongs to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) went down in an Israeli Arab community in northern Israel on Aug. 9. It hit a building and caught fire.
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Photo: Hatzalah Rescue Services
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U.S. Strategic Command flew three of its B-2 stealth bombers to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on Aug. 9.
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Bloomberg reported that Singapore has decided not to buy the F-35B, it had submitted a letter of request to buy four aircraft with options for eight more in 2014.
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Reuters reported that Vietnam has secretly shipped a set of Israeli-made EXTRA rocket launchers to its garrisions in the Spratly Islands. The weapon system is capable of targeting runways that China constructed in the recent years.
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