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Turkish Defense Industries Manufactures Smart Bomb HGK-82 Kit
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U.S. State Department Approves Harpoon And AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles For Philippines
The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Air Launched Block II Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $120 million. The […]
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PLA Air Force Carrying GB100 Precision-guided Bomb In Patrol Mission
A photograph has emerged on the WeChat social media account of the Western Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) suggesting that the Chinese JH-7A is carrying Norinco GB100 precision guided bombs. […]
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Luftwaffe Eurofighters Get Meteor BVRAAM
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) has begun equipping its Eurofighter combat aircraft with the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), the service announced on 16 April. The installation of the first Phase 2 Enhancements B […]
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European OCCAR Awarded Contract For French MAST-F Missile
The European OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) as Contracting Authority, representing the government of France, has agreed a contract with MBDA France for the development, production and initial in-service support phases of the MAST-F […]
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Turkey To Produce Missiles Components And Ammunitions Locally
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said that Turkey will not depend on imports when it comes to components used in many ammunitions, missiles and composite warheads, declaring that the country will manufacture these products […]
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Lockheed WinsAwarded $138 Million Contract For Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising Program
The U.S. announced a contract valued $138 to Lockheed Martin for Taiwan’s Peace Phoenix Rising 2 (PPR2) program. The contract modification is for the development and fielding of capabilities for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance […]
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Egypt Wants More Meteor And Scalp Missiles For Its Rafale
France withheld the sale of the Meteor long-range, air-to-air missile to Egypt in response to a request from Israel, an arms specialist said. That French decision to forego an order for the Meteor missile differed […]
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U.S. Approves SLAM-ER And MS-110 Reconnaissance Pods For Taiwan
The U.S. State Department has approved the sales of a series of arms to Taiwan, including a large stock of 135 Boeing AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missiles and six Collins Aerospace MS-110 […]
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The USAF F-15C Scores World’s Longest Air-to-air Kill Record
A US Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter fired the longest known air-to-air “kill” shot to date in a recent test, the service said Wednesday. The fighter fired an AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at […]