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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool escorted Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov from the English Channel off the south west coast of England to the seas off South West Ireland.
LA(Phot) Ian Simpson, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012
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Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has refuted a media report that the planned F-16A/B upgrade will not include new engines and reduced JDAM kits.
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Russia’s Almaz-Antey concern will only be able to complete development of the S-500 air defense system by 2017.
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Pakistan has taken delivery of the last F-16 Block 52 fighter on Monday and two upgraded F-16 Block 15 MLU as well.
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Taiwan has concluded that the crash of a F-5F and RF-5E last year was caused by pilot error when the crew had lost situation awareness and flew into terrain.
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