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Ahead of its planned retirement this month, the Royal Navy’s Sea King Mk 4 helicopter has landed on a warship for the last time. The ship selected for the honor was HMS Bulwark.
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According to The Sunday Standard, the Indian Army has decided not to procure the indigenous Akash surface-to-air missile and will buy a new missile from abroad.
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The Philippine government announced on Mar. 18 that it has given access of five airfields across the country to U.S. military forces.
CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines (April 9, 2015) – A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon with Patrol Squadron 45, is at Clark Air Base, Philippines in support of Exercise Balikatan 2015, April 9. Balikatan is an annual Philippines-U.S. military bilateral training exercise and humanitarian assistance engagement. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Tony Montes/RELEASED)
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One of the two Nodong road mobile medium range ballistic missiles launched by North Korea on Mar. 18 had failed after takeoff, two U.S. officials told Fox News.
The Pentagon announced on Mar. 18 that Gulfstream has been given a $91 million contract to supply the U.S. Navy with one “G550 Green aircraft with Airborne Early Warning air vehicle modifications.”
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