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Su-30s, Mi-8s: Iran Considers Inking $8 Billion Arms Deal with Russia
Iran plans to buy the Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters, the Mil Mi-8 and the Mil Mi-17 helicopters, as well as other...
Canadian aircraft builder Bombardier cuts 7,000 jobs
Canadian aviation giant Bombardier announced Wednesday it was cutting 10 percent of its global workforce as the company undergoes major...
China deploys SAMs in South China Sea
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has made yet another increasingly assertive and militaristic move in the South China Sea,...
F-16 sale to Pakistan should not be of concern to India, says Pentagon
The United States Defense Department said on Tuesday that the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan should not be...
JSOW C-1 Gliding Weapon Scores Direct Hit in 1st Operational Test
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have conducted a successful operational test of the new Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 gliding,...
Russia denies air strikes on Syria hospitals
Russia on Tuesday denied bombing hospitals in northern Syria, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calling such accusations "unsubstantiated." "Once again,...
KC-46 refuels fighter jet with hose, drogue system for first time
An Air Force and Boeing aircrew aboard a KC-46A Pegasus successfully refueled an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet in flight Feb....
Short-range air defense back in demand
The Army is looking at placing more short-range air-defense capabilities in brigade combat teams (BCT). For more than two decades,...
China deploys missiles on disputed South China Sea island
China has deployed a surface-to-air missile system on one of its contested islands in the South China Sea, a report...
US F-22 stealth fighters fly over South Korea in show of force toward DPRK
Four U.S. F-22 stealth fighters flew over South Korea's airspace on Wednesday in an apparent show of force toward the...
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