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TAI and Saab to design Turkey’s indigenous fighter

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has signed a technical assistance deal with Saab to produce an indigenous fighter for Turkey.

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North Korea’s state television showed images of the country’s unmanned aircraft taking part in a military exercise on Mar. 20.

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The U.S. Navy’s forward deployed amphibious assault ship, USS Bonhomme Richard, bid farewell to the CH-46 from HMM-262 for the final time on Mar. 20.

Scroll to 4:30 of the video and the shape of a missile launch rail could be seen on the starboard side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzlAwi6Qna0&feature=youtu.be

Indonesia’s Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Indonesia wanted to buy a full squadron of Sukhoi fighters.
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