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Britain decided against buying P-8A

Posted on November 2, 2015 by alert5

The Sunday Times says the British government has decided that acquiring a fleet of Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft will be “fiendishly expensive.”

By U.S Navy photo by Personnel Specialist 1st Class Anthony Petry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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The ADIZ in South China Sea that you’ve never heard of

Posted on November 2, 2015November 1, 2015 by alert5

Ever since China established the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in November 2013, the focus has been on the South China Sea where some analysts believe China will set up its second ADIZ. However, China was not the first country to do that. The Philippines has an ADIZ that covers part of the South China Sea for many years.

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