Nigeria cleared to buy the AH-1Z but armed with rockets instead of Hellfire missiles

The Biden administration has cleared the potential sale of 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters to Nigeria. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on the Foreign Military Sale on Apr. 14.

A U.S. Marine AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 takes off in Charleston, West Virginia, July 26, 2019. HMLA-167 is subordinate command of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William L.Holdaway)

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Russia claims to have destroyed S-300PMU system donated by Slovakia

The Russian Ministry of Defense says it launched Kalibr cruise missiles at a hangar in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and destroyed four S-300PMU launchers concealed inside. It says those were the S-300 donated by Slovakia to Ukraine.

Slovak S-300
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