Aircraft and ships from Australia, South Korea and United States participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercise took turns to hit decommissioned Perry-class frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) with various weapons during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii.
South Korean media to visit THAAD unit in Guam
To give South Koreans a better understanding on the workings of the THAAD air defense system. The Pentagon is organizing a tour for South Korean media to Guam to see one of the battery deployed on the island today.
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Two Patriots, one air-to-air missile failed to shoot down Syrian-origin UAV
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had managed to penetrate 4km into Israeli airspace on Jul. 17 before returning back to Syria.
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Photo: Safed municipality
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Coupist F-16s had radar-lock on Erdogan’s business jet
Reuters say during the height of the coup in Turkey, coupist-commandeered F-16s had locked on their radars on the business jet ferrying President Tayyip Erdogan to Istanbul.
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Experts say Taiwan needs to kickoff indigenous jet trainer program soon
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense organized a talk on Jul. 15 on building an indigenous jet trainer and experts at the forum urged for quick action as the core team of engineers who build the IDF fighter are retiring.
By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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