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L3Harris, SpaceX to build and deliver missile warning satellites by 2022

SpaceX and L3Harris are building eight satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency to detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Official SpaceX Photos [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons Each company will build four satellites each and deliver them by September of 2022. Operating from low Earth orbit, each satellite is installed with an overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) […]

JASDF F-2 fleet said to be grounded last month

Japanese media Flash said that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force grounded its F-2 fleet for checks last month. By Toshi Aoki – JP Spotters [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons The grounding took place after a F-2B was found to have a hairline crack on a wing after post-flight inspections was […]
Esper Calls for 500-Ship Navy to Counter China

Esper Calls for 500-Ship Navy to Counter China

The U.S. Navy will need more than 500 ships in its fleet to ensure maritime superiority over China in coming decades, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Oct. 6.

That conclusion is based on the long-awaited Future Naval Force Study led by Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist, which was recent…

Taiwan Prepares Arms Shopping List for US

Taiwan Prepares Arms Shopping List for US

Officials and military experts from Taiwan and the United States will meet via video conference to discuss which weapons would be best for the island’s self-defence as tensions escalate between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

During the 2020 US-Taiwan Defence Industry Conference, which is exp…


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