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Taiwan’s Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu said at a legislative hearing that the country may not have money to buy second-hand M1 tanks from the United States as the F-16 upgrade program has taken up a huge chuck of the defense budget.
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A Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350ER modified to replicate the design of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) made its first flight on Oct. 6.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has denied Russian claims that the United States supplied Stinger missiles to Syrian rebels.
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Taiwan will rely less on the United States to maintain its PAC-2 missiles and gradually take over the process just like it did with the HAWK.
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A USMC F-35B takes off past an NU-1B Otter from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. The NU-1B is the only military Otter in the world and the Navy’s oldest aircraft.
Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin
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