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Indian Air Force to buy more Tejas instead of sourcing from foreign manufacturers

Posted on May 16, 2020 by alert5

Gen. Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Defense Staff, said in an interview that the country will buy another 83 Tejas fighters instead of 114 foreign-made aircraft.

Venkat Mangudi / CC BY-SA

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MQ-9 crashes at Mathis Field

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 by alert5

A MQ-9 has crashed at Mathis Field on May 14. The unmanned aircraft belonged to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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F-22 from Eglin AFB crashes

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 by alert5

A F-22 from Eglin Air Force Base has crashed.

U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker [Public domain]

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Washington peddling coastal road-mobile Harpoon Block II to Taiwan

Posted on May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 by alert5

Up Media reports that the Republic of China Navy (RoCN) has submitted a plan to buy coastal road-mobile variant of the Boeing Harpoon Block II missile to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense.