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Defense Intelligence Agency appoints RAF officer as deputy director

Posted on November 1, 2015October 31, 2015 by alert5

Air Vice Marshal Sean Corbett from the Royal Air Force has been appointed as the first deputy director for Commonwealth Integration at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal
By U.S. Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Bulgaria can only afford to buy 6 fighters

Posted on November 1, 2015October 31, 2015 by alert5

Bulgaria’s cabinet is deliberating on next year’s budget and Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has warned that there is only sufficient funds for six fighter aircraft.

MiG-29 Graf Ignatievo 2
By Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Trudeau to consult Obama before restarting fighter competition

Posted on November 1, 2015October 31, 2015 by alert5

Canada’s new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, will consult U.S. President Barack Obama before embarking on a new fighter program for the country, an anonymous official told Bloomberg.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (mock-up), Canada - Air Force AN1753011
By Alain Rioux [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Air Force, Industry

Indonesia to buy 4 Be-200s

Posted on November 1, 2015October 31, 2015 by alert5

Indonesia will buy four Be-200 amphibious fire-fighting aircraft, Air Force chief Air Marshal Agus Supriatna said on Oct. 30.

Бериев Бе-200 7682000003, Геленджик RP30016
By English: Pavel AdzhigildaevРусский: Павел Аджигильдяев [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Photo of JL-2 SLBM won a prize in competition

Posted on October 31, 2015 by alert5

This photo of a JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) won a prize in the PLA photo competition. It is the clearest image of the nuclear-tipped intercontinental-range missile so far.

JL-2 SLBM

Posted in Navy, Space

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