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Swedish Patriot Fires Through a German Command Post for the First Time
Sweden’s Patriot crews fired through Germany’s Airbus SAMOC command post on Crete, a shot Airbus says completes NATO certification weeks before Stockholm…
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German Air Force Passes IRIS-T SLM Certification Shot in First Live Fire on Crete
Air Defense Missile Group 61 fired its first live IRIS-T SLM interceptor on Crete during Spartan Arrow 2026, passing the system certification…
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Germany Approves Two Patriot Fire Units and 450 Net-Launcher Drone Systems
Germany’s Bundestag Budget Committee approved replacing the Patriot fire units sent to Ukraine, with Berlin prepaying about €560 million and Norway funding…
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India Sells Akash Air Defense System to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
India has sold its Akash air defense system to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, its first air defense customers in Central Asia, a market…
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Rheinmetall HX CAML Shown at AUSA 2026 After Low-Cost Interceptor Live Fire
American Rheinmetall says its autonomous HX CAML launcher has live-fired a low-cost Furientis interceptor. The pairing is on show at AUSA 2026…
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ASELSAN’s 2 kg GÖKALP Interceptor Destroys Target Drone by Direct Hit
ASELSAN’s GÖKALP E1 interceptor destroyed a target drone by direct impact in a live test in Ankara, cued by an AURA radar…
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Ukraine Hits Pantsir Tower, Exposing the Limits of Static Air Defense
Ukraine’s SBU has released footage of a drone destroying a Pantsir atop an elevated tower, a fixed platform Russia has built by…
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Lockheed Martin Unveils PAC-3 Edge Interceptor to Counter Hypersonics
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the PAC-3 Edge, a Patriot-family interceptor that adds a new in-house seeker and a Northrop Grumman multi-pulse motor…
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HMS Dragon Returns From 214 Days Defending Cyprus and Escorting French Carrier
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon is back in Portsmouth after a 214-day deployment that ran from the air defense of Cyprus…
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Peru Keeps Mirage 2000 Fighters Beyond 2030 as F-16 Block 70 Bridge
With the MiG-29 retired and the first F-16 Block 70 not expected before 2029, Peru will keep its 1980s-era Mirage 2000P/DP fighters…