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Taiwan’s F-16 Upgrade Program Behind Schedule

Taiwan’s F-16 Upgrade Program Behind Schedule

Taiwan’s program to upgrade its fleet of F-16A/Bs into F-16Vs is currently running behind schedule

Taiwan’s defense ministry says a program to upgrade Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jets is running behind schedule. That came during a defense report at the legislature. Under the program, Taiwan will upgrad…

Royal Navy’s Second Aircraft Carrier Crippled by Flooding

Royal Navy’s Second Aircraft Carrier Crippled by Flooding

Britain’s newest aircraft carrier will be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after a second flood wrecked the vessel’s vital electrical systems.

HMS Prince of Wales has been banned from setting sail from its home port on safety grounds after thousands of gallons of sea water poured into t…

Germany Approves Sale of 15 Gepard SP AA Guns to Qatar

Germany Approves Sale of 15 Gepard SP AA Guns to Qatar

PARIS — Germany’s Federal Security Council issued a final export license for the sale of 15 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to Qatar at its last meeting, Der Spiegel reported Dec. 7 citing a government briefing to the Bundestag which it has obtained. The vehicles are made by the Munich ar…
Russia Cautions Against Using Ukrainian-Maintained Helicopters

Russia Cautions Against Using Ukrainian-Maintained Helicopters

Russian Helicopters Holding Company considers it necessary to warn that Ukrainian aircraft repair enterprises are carrying out illegitimate overhaul of Mi-17V-5 Helicopters and thereby endangers the lives of the American and Afghan soldiers that are operating these helicopters.

According to the r…

Millog Wins €1.5Bn Deal to Support Finland’s Military

Millog Wins €1.5Bn Deal to Support Finland’s Military

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a pricing update for the strategic Partnership Agreement with Millog Oy for 2021-2028. The Partnership Agreement is in force until further notice.

Millog Oy and the Defence Forces are in a strategic pa…

British Aircraft Carrier Will Soon Deploy Near Japan: Report

British Aircraft Carrier Will Soon Deploy Near Japan: Report

Britain’s Royal Navy will send its newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, and its strike group near Japan “as soon as early next year,” Kyodo News reported over the weekend.

The strike group is expected to exercise with the U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces in the waters near Japan’s …


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