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Local media reports in Taiwan say the authorities are preparing to shoot down a North Korean rocket by deploying its PAC-3 and Tien Kung-III missile systems in eastern Taiwan.
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Brazil is in the “final chapters” of selecting a new fighter, its defense minister Celso Amorim said on Saturday.
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Worried that MHI’s ATD project will take away some orders of the F-35 in Japan, Lockheed Martin has convinced Washington to transfer some surplus F-117 stealth fighters to Japan.
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The Chilean Air Force needs to replace its aging F-5s by 2015 and aircraft manufacturers from Europe and U.S. are preparing for a contest.
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Research by Von Hardesty and Ilya Grinberg on the Soviet Air Force during World War II has uncovered many new findings.
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