Aviation News
Taiwan’s military want to spend the next five-years modernizing itself by adding mobile land-based long-range precision strike capability and armed drones to its arsenal.
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Russia has delivered a new batch of Mi-35M helicopters to Brazil and the contract to deliver all 12 helicopters will be completed by end of this year.
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The last four Saab Gripen fighters for South Africa are now on board a cargo ship on its way to Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town.
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During a briefing by Boeing, the company said Libya is keen to acquire second-hand U.S. Army CH-47E helicopters.
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China has increased the number of missiles aimed at Taiwan from 1,400 to 1,600. The new DF-16 missile is field against Taiwan for the first time.
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