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Hopes to form a joint Czech-Slovak Gripen squadron has been dashed as Slovak lacked the money to acquire the fighters, Lidové Noviny reports.
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Orbital ATK has received a contract award from the U.S. Air Force for production of the AIM-9P Sidewinder rocket motor.
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The Ballistic Missile Defense test at Wake Island on Oct. 31 was more sophisticated than thought.
Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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Boeing has delivered the 14th Mk6 Chinook to the Royal Air Force, this concludes Britain’s recent order and the delivery coincides with the 35th anniversary of Chinook operations for the U.K.
Photo: Boeing
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Russia attempted to launch two military satellites into orbit on Dec. 5 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. One of the payloads onboard the Soyuz 2-1v rocket seems to have failed to deploy from the upper stage.
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