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Australia to Buy LRASM, Boost Long-Range Strike Capabilities

Australia to Buy LRASM, Boost Long-Range Strike Capabilities

Australia will invest in new long-range strike capabilities to maintain regional security and deter or respond to aggression in the Indo-Pacific, as part of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan.

The new investments will be made across the air, maritime and land assets to giv…

Turkey to Keep Making F-35 Parts Through 2022: Pentagon

Turkey to Keep Making F-35 Parts Through 2022: Pentagon

The Pentagon will continue to depend on Turkish defense contractors for key components of the F-35 — from its center fuselage to 139 parts of its engine propulsion system — through 2022, according to U.S. defense officials.

It’s the Defense Department’s first public confirmation that the Trump …

New-Gen Chinese Stealth Fighter to Fly in 2021: Report

New-Gen Chinese Stealth Fighter to Fly in 2021: Report

China’s new-generation fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Monday. Analysts speculate that it will be China’s new aircraft carrier-based fighter jet.

A team at China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment under the state-owned Aviation In…

Pentagon’s Use of Military Contractors Hides True Costs of War

Pentagon’s Use of Military Contractors Hides True Costs of War

The rockets that fell on a military base in Iraq did not distinguish between soldiers and contractors. Nawres Hamid, a U.S. contractor working as an interpreter, was killed in the Dec. 27 attack by an Iranian-backed militia that also injured American troops, prompting retaliatory strikes that edged …
US Missile Defense Chief Looks to Cope with Changing Threat

US Missile Defense Chief Looks to Cope with Changing Threat

Missile defense has gone from pie-in-the-sky Star Wars technology in the 1980s to a proven military capability in the 21st century, and the Missile Defense Agency is looking to extend those capabilities against new threats.

Navy Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the agency’s director, told the Hypersonic Weapo…


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