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U.S. Army’s LBPWS, MLRS and HIMARS in joint exercise

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by alert5

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s Air Defense Artillery (ADA) and Field Artillery (FA) units at Fort Sill came together on Nov. 12 to conduct a joint night-time C-RAM exercise.

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Screen grab from KSWO’s video
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Posted in Air Defense, Army

French pilots, WSOs learn techniques on surviving in hostile territory

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by alert5

AFP was given access to see how French Air Force pilots and navigators are trained to survive after ejecting over hostile territories.

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AFP Photo/Jean-Pierre Muller
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Posted in Air Force

India to revive Kaveri for UCAV prototype

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by alert5

The Indian government is set to give the green light to develop a derivative of the GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan engine to power its indigenous unmanned combat aerial vehicle.

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By Jagan Pillariseti.Jineshgopinathan at en.wikipedia [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Industry, Research, UAV

INS Kolkata all set to test fire Barak-8

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by alert5

The Indian Navy is ready to test fire the Barak-8 anti-air missile from its destroyer INS Kolkata.

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By Georges Seguin (Okki) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Defense, Navy

UAE Patriot took out two Yemeni missiles on separate occasions

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by alert5

Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired missiles into Saudi Arabia on Nov. 13 and 14. On both occasions, the missiles were intercepted by Patriot missiles fired by UAE’s batteries.

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By US Army employee (Missile Defense Agency, gallery]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Defense

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