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Russian Defense Ministry’s official spokesman Igor Konashenkov has refuted media reports that Moscow is planning to start a second airbase in al-Shayrat, Syria.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon is willing to provide Apache helicopters to help Iraq reclaim Ramadi city from ISIL.
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The Republic of China Air Force and Navy is busy setting up a radar picket from Taiwan to Taiping island in South China Sea as President Ma Ying-jeuo is expected to fly there between Dec. 12-14.
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U.S. authorities have issued a warning to residents of New Mexico not to be alarmed when they see a rocket streaking across the sky from 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. MST today.
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Earlier this year, it was reported that Russia will start state trials of the Sosna short-range air defense system in summer, it is now apparent that the trials were delayed and will begin in early 2016.
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