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Germany will pull its Patriot missile battery stationed in Turkey back home when the mandate ends on Jan. 31, 2016.
By Sivi Steys (Flickr: Patriot) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Boeing has posted a video announcing that the KC-46 EMD-1 has completed flutter tests. This certifies the aircraft to fly in the tanker configuration with the boom stowed and drogues retracted.
Taiwan will have an optical satellite with a 2-meter resolution in orbit next year. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry FORMOSAT-5 into space.
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Photo: NCSIST
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After repeated attempts to retire the MQ-1, the U.S. Air Force is determined to retire the fleet by 2018.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Lt Col Leslie Pratt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
INS Viraat is seen here docking at Cochin Shipyard for its annual refit. To its right is the future INS Vikrant.
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Photos: India’s Ministry of Defense
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