Taiwan keen to buy shoulder-launched version of FIM-92 Stinger

The Republic of China Navy has an urgent requirement to give its missile boats a short-range air defense capability and plans to request permission to acquire the shoulder-launched version of FIM-92 Stinger.

Launch of a FIM-92 Stinger missile, 2012
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Japan protest Russian military plane’s 16 second intrusion into its airspace

A Russian military aircraft entered Japanese airspace off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido for 16 seconds and forced the JASDF to scramble fighters.

Two Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 jets
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