Raytheon is supposed to deliver 1,800 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles to the Pentagon by now but has only managed to hit 900 missiles.
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Turkey names sites for NATO Patriot missiles near Syria
Turkey announced that it’s southeastern cities of Adana, Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras will be protected by NATO Patroit batteries.
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German Tiger helicopters start flights in Afghanistan
Four German Tiger attack helicopters that arrived in Afghanistan recently have started flying near Mazar-e Sharif, in northern Afghanistan.
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China says it’s third-generation ejection seat is put into service
China says it has developed its own third-generation ejection seat and put it into service. The new seat has velocity sensors that will execute different modes in response to the flying speed at the time of emergency ejection.
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First P-8I delivered to Indian Navy
Boeing has delivered the first P-8I to an Indian Navy team in Seattle on Dec. 19.
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