CCTV recently aired a documentary on the difficulties encountered by China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in weaponizing the CH-3 and CH-4 unmanned aerial vehicles.
IAF told HAL to license build PC-7
Not willing to buy HAL’s HTT-40, the Indian Air Force approach the manufacturer and suggest building the PC-7 under licensee instead.
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Egyptian MiG-21 jet fighter crashes near Luxor
A farmer was killed and three injured when a Egyptian Air Force MiG-21 crashed in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor on Sunday.
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Britain places new order for Thales’s STARStreak missiles
Britain has placed an order with Thales UK for 200 STARStreak short-range surface-to-air missiles.
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South Korea believes North has made advances in warhead work
South Korean Adm. Choi Yun-hee, who is being nominated to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a parliamentary committee that North Korea has made considerable progress in warhead miniaturization.
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