Aviation News
Taiwan’s military has confirmed that China tested a JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile before the New Year. Meanwhile, fishermen in Shandong province have allegedly recovered the wreckage of a JL-2 first stage.
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Israel Aerospace Industries said on Monday that it will sell weapons systems worth more than $1.1 billion to an Asian country over the next four years. According to Globes, the county is India.
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Gen. Gary North, Commander of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, has dismissed the idea of integrating the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station with Kadena Air Force Base.
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A former Spitfire pilot was not allowed to enter the cockpit of a Spitfire at Potteries Museum and Art Gallery over ‘health and safety’ concerns.
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A new Voronezh early warning radar will be put into operation near the Siberian city of Irkutsk by the end of this year.
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