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Romania Grounds MiG-21 Fighters to Speed Up F-16 Purchase

Romania Grounds MiG-21 Fighters to Speed Up F-16 Purchase

BUCHAREST — NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their “considerably high accident rate”, and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said.

The move was unrelated to Russia’s invasi…

Italy Shows Interest in Joining Japan’s Fighter Development

Italy Shows Interest in Joining Japan’s Fighter Development

TOKYO — Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini expressed interest in the possibility of his country joining the development of the successor to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s F-2 fighter jets during talks with his Japanese counterpart, Nobuo Kish.

Meeting at the Japanese Defense Minist…

US Navy Claims Historic Test of New Laser Weapon System

US Navy Claims Historic Test of New Laser Weapon System

ARLINGTON, Va. — The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser be…
France Belatedly Details Military Support Measures for Ukraine

France Belatedly Details Military Support Measures for Ukraine

PARIS — Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, spoke on Wednesday April 13, 2022 by telephone with her Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksiy Reznikov.

The latter presented the military situation on the ground. He notably underlined that, faced with Ukrainian resistance, Russian forces had res…

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