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Last U.S. Navy S-3B flight

Posted on January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 by alert5

The last pair of U.S. Navy S-3 Vikings took to the air for the final Navy flight at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California, on Jan. 11.

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Russia to consider Serbia’s request for S-300 air defense system

Posted on January 13, 2016January 12, 2016 by alert5

Serbia is keen to purchase the S-300 air defense system from Russia but is put off by the price. Visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic that Moscow will look into Serbia’s request.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/384) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Bellingcat’s analysis of Chinese military development in Tibet

Posted on January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 by alert5

By comparing with historical satellite images, citizen journalists website Belligcat has concluded that China is ramping up its military activities near its border with India with the deployment of J-10s, J-11s and the upgrading of a surface-to-air missile site.

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