The U.S. Air Force has finally figured out how to defeat a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in a massive war game last year. One of the strategy it used was to operate a large network of low-cost drones flying over the Taiwan Strait to sense and sometimes defeat small Chinese ships.
MQ-9 crashed because pilot pulled the wrong lever, twice
The U.S. Air Force has concluded its investigation into the crash on Jun. 25, 2020 of a MQ-9 assigned to the 108th Attack Squadron.

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Japan has to pay more for F-15JSI because of the switch from DEWS to EPAWSS
Japan’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi has explained to a House of Councilors committee on Apr. 12 on why the cost of upgrading the F-15J had gone up.

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Greece to sign agreement on deploying Patriot missile to Saudi Arabia on Apr. 20
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos will travel to Riyadh on Apr. 20 to sign an agreement for the deployment of a Greek PAC-3 air defense missile system to the kingdom.
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Palau invites Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group to visit island
Palau’s President Surangel Whipps told British newspaper The Telegraph that his island welcomes the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group to visit during its deployment to Indo-Pacific later this year.

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