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U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Trevor T. McBride
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Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapons System tracks and disables UAVs
Watch Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapons System track and destroy an unmanned aerial vehicle during a trial at Point Mugu.
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Photo: Boeing
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Belarus orders four more Yak-130s
Irkut has inked a deal with Belarus to supply four Yak-130 advanced jet trainers. This will bring the total number of Yak-130 ordered to eight.
By Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
India seeks price extension for Apaches and Chinooks again
India is asking the United States to extend the prices for buying 22 Apaches and 15 Chinook helicopters for the 13th time. The U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma had already warned India that it would not be possible to give yet another price extension beyond Aug. 31.
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By Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom (Boeing Chinook 01Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Philippines asked U.S. to deploy patrol planes to escort resupply missions in South China Sea
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said he has asked visiting U.S. Pacific commander, Adm. Harry Harris Jr., to deploy U.S. patrol aircraft when the former do resupply missions to the Second Thomas Shoal.
By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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