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Japan buying three GQM-163A supersonic sea skimming targets

Japan is purchasing three GQM-163A supersonic sea skimming targets from Northrop Grumman, the Pentagon announced on Nov. 3. U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This will be produced under the Lot 14 full rate production contract. Sixteen targets will go to the U.S. Navy. Work is to be completed by December 2023. For more […]
JASDF declares ‘culinary war’ against JMSDF with karaage recipe

JASDF declares ‘culinary war’ against JMSDF with karaage recipe

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is hoping that its karaage, Japanese fried chicken, recipe can help raise public awareness of the service. Since 2018, it has been using the dish to broaden its appeal to the public without much success. But that didn’t stop the airmen from trying. Recently, a new media campaign has […]
US Approves $600M Sale of Four MQ-9B Unmanned Aircraft to Taiwan

US Approves $600M Sale of Four MQ-9B Unmanned Aircraft to Taiwan

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of four (4) weapons-ready MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $600…
Russia Flies First Re-engined and Modernized Tu-160 Bomber

Russia Flies First Re-engined and Modernized Tu-160 Bomber

At the KAZ airfield, a branch of Tupolev PJSC (itself part of PJSC United Aircraft Corp. of Rostec State Corporation), the first flight of the deeply modernized Tu-160M bomber-bomber with new production NK-32-02 engines took place.

The aircraft was piloted by a crew led by Anri Naskidyants. The …

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