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Barak 1 to be installed on board INS Vikramaditya

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

India’s aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will finally get an surface-to-air missile system for self-defense.

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Finnish Hornets in overseas exercises

Posted on April 17, 2015 by alert5

Six Finnish Air Force F/A-18s are in the Netherlands to participate in an exercise under the NATO Partnership for Peace program.

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Boeing expects Middle East nation to make fighter decision soon

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

A top Boeing executive believes a Middle East nation will shortly decide whether to buy his company’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.

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Eurofighter consortium proposed assembly line in Indonesia

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

Should Indonesia pick the Eurofighter to replace its F-5 Tiger, the Eurofighter consortium will shift the assembly line in Spain to Indonesia.

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JSOW C-1 enters operational testing

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 by alert5

Raytheon announced that the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 (JSOW C-1) is ready to enter operational testing after having successfully completed the final free flight in the integrated testing phase.

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