Two Kenyan helicopter gunships hit a convoy of al Shabaab insurgents on Friday evening in southern Somalia.
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Iran mass producing Zafar anti-ship missile
Iran says it has started mass production of the Zafar anti-ship missile and the first batch of missiles have been given to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Naval Force.
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167th Airlift Wing to swap C-5s for C-17s
West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing will replace 11 of its C-5 airlifters with 8 C-17s.
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U.S. Navy still going ahead with BAMS
Despite questions raised on whether the U.S. Navy can still enjoy economies of scale with the Global Hawk for its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance program, the service is still pushing ahead to buy 70 planes.
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Italy could order fewer F-35s
An Italian plan to buy 131 F-35s is in trouble as Rome plans to drop 20-30 aircraft from the order.
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