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S-350 air defense missile system prototype to be ready soon

Posted on June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 by alert5

Russia is close to finishing work on a prototype S-350 air defense missile system and trials have started, a senior Russian military commander said.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/185) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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This is the TNI AU F-16A that shadowed a RMAF C-130 over South China Sea

Posted on June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 by alert5

Indonesia has given its side of the story into the alleged interception of a Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130s near Natuna Islands on Jun. 25.

By Dinas Penerangan TNI Angkatan Udara (Instagram.com/@tniudara) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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MQ-9s to join Japan, S. Korea, U.S. missile defense exercise

Posted on June 28, 2016 by alert5

The first trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise by Japan, South Korea and United States will see two MQ-9s joining the hunt for ballistic missiles.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan to conduct BMD test with PAC-3 in U.S. next month

Posted on June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 by alert5

The media in Taiwan reported that a test of the PAC-3 missile system will be carried out at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico next month as per schedule.

Photo: Youth Daily News
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