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Chang Guan-chung, head of National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), told legislators that his institute has started a research program to produce an indigenous fighter engine.
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Reuters reported that the U.S. DoD and State Department have both cleared the sale of 36 F-15s to Qatar and 24 F/A-18s to Kuwait.
By TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Footage taken from inside the H-6K bomber during a training mission was shown on CCTV 7 on Apr. 17.
Iran has showed off parts of its S-300 air defense missile system at an Army Day parade on Apr. 17. President Hassan Rouhani was the guest-of-honor.
It was a Y-8X long-range maritime patrol aircraft from the PLAN that landed on Fiery Cross Reef on Apr. 17 to pick up three workers on the artificial island.
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