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Lockheed Martin was force to halt production of THAAD missile interceptors for seven months after a component inside the weapon failed acceptance tests.
“THAAD Launcher“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a safety bulletin on Oct. 9, warning airline companies of the potential danger of flying over Iran, Iraq and the Caspian Sea after Russia fired cruise missiles into Syria.
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India will conduct the third test of its Nirbhay cruise missile on Oct. 8 from from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha.
C-17s from the U.S. Air Force have conducted an airdrop operation in northern Syria on Oct. 11 to deliver small arms ammunition and other supplies to rebels there.
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The U.S. Marine Corps has given Northrop Grumman a $58,706,242 million contract to develop and test the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR).
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