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UAE fighter missing while on mission over Yemen

Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by alert5

A fighter aircraft from United Arab Emirates has gone missing while on a mission over Yemen. The information was announced by the state’s official news agency, WAM.

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Senators block Pentagon’s request for $27.2 million to keep JLENS alive

Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by alert5

Two U.S. Senators have turned down the Pentagon’s request for $27.2 million to keep the JLENS program alive.

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Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Thad Cochran, and Sen. Richard Durbin, who is the number two in the Democrat leadership in the Senate, have both said they prefer to have the program canceled.

India on schedule to induct Astra BVRAAM next year

Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by alert5

Testing of the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) is on schedule and the missile is on course to be inducted into the India Air Force next year.

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