Taiwan’s deputy defense minister Chang Zhe-Ping has confirm to legislators that Taipei has decided to acquire the coastal road-mobile variant of the Boeing Harpoon Block II missile. Chang said the missiles should enter service with the Navy’s Hai Feng squadron in 2023. When asked why the country choose to buy the American weapon when the […]
Researchers have found a way to boost the stability of microwave signals one hundred times by using optical frequencies from atomic clocks. Credit: F. Quinlan/NIST The result could lead to higher-resolution imaging for radar and improving navigation. For more information, hit the Source below Source
The Belgian government will decide by July whether to send four F-16s to Jordan in October to support Operation Inherent Resolve. By Gerard van der Schaaf (FA-72) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons For more information, hit the Source below Source
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the construction of twenty new third generation hardened aircraft shelters (HAS) at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. A ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the transfer is scheduled for July 2020. Twenty existing aircraft shelters were demolished and 18 more new aircraft shelters are to be built. These […]
South Korea wants to replace its American-made close-in weapon system (CIWS) for its warships by 2030. 대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces / CC BY-SA The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) will kickoff the project next year with a budget of $283.51 million. For more information, hit the Source below Source
A campaign is ongoing to have the Medal of Honor awarded to a former U.S. Navy F9F-5 Panther pilot who defended his aircraft carrier from an attack by seven Soviet MiG-15s on Nov. 18, 1952. Retired Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams had taken off from aircraft carrier USS Oriskany with three other Panthers, two had […]