The Pentagon has revealed five potential sites that could house the third ballistic missile defense interceptors.
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India’s Rafales could be armed with Russian weapons
Dassault has approached Russia’s Tactical Missile Corporation on how to arm India’s Rafales with Russian air-launched weapons.
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PLAN chief says operational aircraft carrier still a few years away
Admiral Wu Shengli, head of the PLAN, told reporters in the United States that China is still a few years away from having an operational aircraft carrier.
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P-8 vs C-295 for British airborne submarine-hunting requirement
It’s still a long way towards a formal program to buy airborne submarine-hunting platforms for Britain but Boeing and Airbus are already positioning themselves to win the contract.
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NATO E-3 in Seattle for flight deck upgrade
A NATO E-3, tail number 0459, arrived in Seattle on Aug. 1 where it will be upgraded by Boeing with a new digital flight deck.
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