Russian SU-27 Jet Buzzes American EP-3 Aries Spy Plane Over Black Sea During Two Hour Long Intercept Russia SU-27 ‘flew 1.5 metres’ from US reconnaissance plane Washington (AFP) – A Russian fighter jet flew perilously close to a US Navy reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea on Monday, officials said, …
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Lockheed awarded $7.5M contract to move F-35 support to Florida Lockheed Martin has received a $7.47 million contract to move an F-35 support center for three partner nations from Fort Worth, Texas, to Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida. The contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Wednesday, …
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India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable ICBM India successfully test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday in what officials called a “major boost” to the country’s strategic defense system. The Agni-V missile, with a range of about 3,100 miles, has been in the works for several decades, a tweet from India’s congress said. The country, …
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MoD Exposed Financially by Carrier and Jet Programme Failure to deliver the UK’s aircraft carrier and jet programme on budget will put other defence projects at risk, ministers have been warned. A Public Accounts Committee report said defence budgets are “very strained”. The programme – two aircraft carriers, F-35 Lightning …
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