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More details have emerged on the Missile Defense Agency’s plan to fit a laser weapon on a high flying unmanned aerial vehicle in order to destroy ballistic missiles at the boost-phase.
By US Missile Defense Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Russian Su-27 was being intercepted by a Swedish fighter on Jan. 15 when it suddenly made “sharp evasive maneuvers in both speed and height”, the Swedish Armed Forces said in a press release.
Photo: RAF/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Flight Global says media in Norway are saying that the low price of oil is putting pressure on the Norwegian government’s plan to buy all 52 F-35As.
By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marcy Copeland [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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As Dassault prepares to make a sales pitch to the Indian Navy to buy its Rafale M, RAC MiG has toss its hat into the ring and a company spokeswoman said the manufacturer is ready to compete by counter-offering the MiG-29K.
Indian Navy [CC BY 2.5 in or CC BY 2.5 in], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Turkish military raid against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the province province of Şırnak turned up a RQ-20 unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Photos: Turkish Military
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