Category: Notizie Estero

Taiwan has decided to add another $1 billion to acquired the Boeing Harpoon Coastal Defense system. This will force the Navy to delay the purchase of 10 MH-60R naval helicopters in 2021 due to a shortfall in budget. According to the news report, the number of vehicles for the system remains the same. However, the […]

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has confirmed to Yomiuri Shimbun by email that there are talks with Japan on how Tokyo can join the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. Graphic: Northrop Grumman The HBTSS is a new space-based sensor that can detect and track hypersonic weapons. Data collected will be feed […]

As China could be holding military exercises near Pratas island in the South China Sea, Taiwan has decided to move one reinforced company from the ROCMC 99th Marine Brigade to the island as part of a “relocation exercise.” 玄史生 / CC BY-SA The company will have increase firepower using Dual Mount Stinger and Kestrel anti-armor rocket launcher […]

A KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course is being established by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command. U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner / Public domain The command will work with U.S. Air Force Weapons School and Air Combat Command to modify the current KC-135 Weapons Instructor Course syllabus to include the KC-46. Teaching will […]

Chile’s F-16 fleet has been cleared for a modernization program by the U.S. government. Announced on Jul. 23, the Foreign Military Sale package is worth approximately $634 million. Ministério da Defesa / CC BY Those F-16s will be getting the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) and Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint […]