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Incoming CO of USASMDC/ARSTRAT passed away suddenly

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by alert5

Maj. Gen. John Rossi was suppose to take command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command at Redstone Arsenal. However, he passed away on Jul. 31 on the installation.

Photo: U.S. Army
Photo: U.S. Army

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Posted in Air Defense, Army

S-300, S-400 repelled simulated air strikes by MiG-29SMTs

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by alert5

A recent exercise in Russia’s Western Military District saw S-300 and S-400 air defense systems stationed in Leningrad and Moscow regions repelled simulated air strikes carried out by 12 MiG-29SMT fighters.

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Posted in Air Defense, Air Force

Production engineering phase of B61-12 nuclear bomb life extension program approved

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved the production engineering phase of its B61-12 nuclear warhead life extension program (LEP).

B61-12
Photo: NNSA
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Posted in Space

F-35’s laser designator can only be activated in the U.S. due to strict rules

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by alert5

Minutes of a meeting by the U.K. Defence Ranges Safety Committee revealed that British F-35s are not allowed to use the on board laser designator outside the United States.

F-35 EOTS
By User:Dammit (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 nl], via Wikimedia Commons

EOTS laser designator
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Posted in Industry

Israel to take delivery of its Air Force One next year

Posted on August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 by alert5

Plans by the Israeli government to buy a commercial airline and covert it into a VVIP jet is progressing well and news media in Israel say the aircraft will be delivered next year.

4X-ECC - 777-258 ER - El Al Israel Airlines (7480453952)
Edwinの航空写真 [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force

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