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The People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force’s J-10AH fighters have been shown capable of employing the LS500J 500kg laser guided bomb. The precision guided weapon is employed together with the K/JDC01 targeting pod mounted below the right intake.
Two F-22 pilots sitting in their simulators at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson were able to join four F-16s from 80th Fighter Squadron to fight against four F-16s from the 18th Aggressor Squadron at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during exercise Distant Frontier.
By: Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. soldiers out in the front-line require a new defense system to protect themselves from incoming rocket and mortar attacks. Raytheon is partnering with Rafael to market the Iron Dome as a solution to meet a U.S. Army requirement.
Photo: John A. Hamilton
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A U.S. Navy Super Hornet has successfully employed two inert Dual Mode Plus laser guided bombs (LGB) during testing at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
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Germany and Netherlands will bring their air defense units together in October to test out a new joint concept of operations, dubbed Project APOLLO, being develop by both countries over the past year.
By Sivi Steys (Flickr: Patriot) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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