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In this oped on USNI News, Robert Crumplar suggests that Washington exports the BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile to Japan for a “responsive deterrent option.”
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A press release from Edwards Air Force Base has revealed that Dutch F-35As will depart for Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands next week.
By US Air Force / Ministerie van Defensie (bron: Ministerie van Defensie.) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Swedish: Försvarets materielverk, FMV) revealed on May 13 that it is in talks with the Botswana government to sell 8 Gripen C/D fighters to the African nation.
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Iran’s Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan said his country is not keen to buy the S400 air defense system when queried by a reporter.
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By ru:Участник:Goodvint (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
India test-fired its Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor on May 12 and the missile destroyed a modified Prithvi ballistic missile.
By Sniperz11 [CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons
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