US Navy's friendly-fire F/A-18 accident echoes a 1988 tragedy
The mistaken downing of an F/A-18 Super Hornet in December bears similarities with the tragic downing of an Iran passenger ...
Ukraine is giving its US-made Patriot systems steel armor to protect them from Russian missile shrapnel
A Ukrainian defense initiative is making steel armor plates to wrap around the control unit of the Patriot battery.
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Ukrainian Surface Drone Equipped with R-73 Air-to-Air Missiles Shot Down Russian Mi-8 Helicopter
Ukraine’s Military Intelligence equipped a Magura V5 Unmanned Surface Vessel with R-73 air-to-air missiles and says it scored ...
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No runways, no sorties: Chinese missiles threaten US airpower plans
American air bases “can no longer be ... moving tankers are already vulnerable to Chinese air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, but they would be especially easy for China to detect and ...
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US Deploys Missile-Tracking Plane to West Pacific Air Base
In a rare occurrence, the United States deployed two missile-tracking ... the United States Air Force's Kadena Air Base on Japan's island of Okinawa. It is the closest American air base to Taiwan ...
US missile defense system used for first time in Israel to intercept attack from Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
President Joe Biden placed the anti-missile system, along with about 100 US soldiers, in Israel to help defend the country ...
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Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boat Shot Down A Russian Mi-8 Helicopter With A Surface-To-Air Missile
The missile in question, an R-73 (AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missile, has now received the name “Sea Dragon” in its surface-launched naval application. In the video, one of the drone boats can ...