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SM-3IIA Missile Intercepts ICBM Target in Test

SM-3IIA Missile Intercepts ICBM Target in Test

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight…
Arianespace’s Vega Launcher Fails on 17th Flight

Arianespace’s Vega Launcher Fails on 17th Flight

Eight minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified, entailing the loss of the mission.

Telemetry data analyses are in progress to determine the cause of this failure.

There will be a pre…

Lithuania Signs $213M Contract for Four UH-60M Black Hawks

Lithuania Signs $213M Contract for Four UH-60M Black Hawks

On November 13 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and acting U.S. Secretary of Defence Christopher C. Miller signed a contract on acquisition of a new UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter platform from the Government of the United States. The Lithuanian Armed Forces is buying four UH-60M Black H…
China Begins Flight-Testing Y-20 Tanker Variant: Reports

China Begins Flight-Testing Y-20 Tanker Variant: Reports

The development of the aerial tanker variant of China’s domestically developed Y-20 large cargo plane is apparently entering the final stages, as a recent photo captured what seems to be a Y-20 tanker variant conducting aerial refueling for a J-20 stealth fighter jet, media reports said.

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