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Commenting on a recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir says Washington has not made any request to reopen Naval Air Station Keflavik.
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Tokyo plans to put an interception order based on Article 82 of the Self-Defense Forces Law into permanent effect in order to better deal with ballistic missile threats from North Korea.
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Four Danish F-16s carried out an air strike on the ISIL-controlled city of Raqqa, this is the first time the jets pounded ISIL targets in Syria.
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Recently, Italian aerospace company Leonardo invited the media for Taiwan to Italy for a visit to its M-346 production facilities and the company disclosed its attempt to sell its M-346 advanced jet trainer to Taiwan.
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U.S. Air Force pilots who fly the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper are being sent to study a 15-day course that will see them graduate as Electronic Combat Officers.
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