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India’s third attempt at testing its indigenous Nirbhay cruise missile has failed again after the weapon was launched at 11:38 a.m. local time on Oct. 16 from the Integrated Test Range.
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The Turkish General Staff website issued a statement today at 13:30 saying that an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down in its airspace near the border with Syria after giving three warnings.
Photo: DHA
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Bahrain’s Minister of Information Affairs Isa bin Abdulrahman Al Hammadi said recent news reports on Bahrain’s plan to buy the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile system is untrue.
By Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני (see also https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Flickr-IDF-IronDome-in-action001.jpg ) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/idfonline/8194572552/) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan has completed works to improve the current runway at Taiping Island, the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands.
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More troubles for the Luftwaffe Eurofighter fleet as the jets are now restricted from flying with external fuel tanks attached.
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By Gerard van der Schaaf (30+57) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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