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- Russia deploys Iskander systems with extended-range missiles to Ukrainian border
- U.S. Navy completes effectiveness test of new radio frequency countermeasure
- Russia scrambles fighter jet against RC-135W Rivet Joint spy plane
- U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft caught fire on runway
| Russia deploys Iskander systems with extended-range missiles to Ukrainian border Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:59 AM PDT Russian Armed Force is reportedly deploying its Iskander (NATO Reporting name: SS-26 Stone) missile systems with R-500 extended-range ground-launched cruise missiles in areas near Voronezh, which’s 250 kilometers away from the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Luhansk regions. Open-source intelligence specialist at Janes Thomas Bullock identified Russian Iskander missile systems that have moved or are […] The post Russia deploys Iskander systems with extended-range missiles to Ukrainian border first appeared on Defence Blog. |
| U.S. Navy completes effectiveness test of new radio frequency countermeasure Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:31 AM PDT The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command announced on 9 April that an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 P-8A Poseidon successfully completed an airworthiness test of a pod-mounted radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) prototype at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Atlantic Test Ranges. According to a press release issued Friday by […] The post U.S. Navy completes effectiveness test of new radio frequency countermeasure first appeared on Defence Blog. |
| Russia scrambles fighter jet against RC-135W Rivet Joint spy plane Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:19 AM PDT A Russian MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fighter jet intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in the Kamchatka region, Russia's National Defense Control Center reported on Friday. “Russian airspace control systems detected an air target over the territory of the Pacific Ocean approaching Russia's state border. […] The post Russia scrambles fighter jet against RC-135W Rivet Joint spy plane first appeared on Defence Blog. |
| U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft caught fire on runway Posted: 09 Apr 2021 10:36 PM PDT A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft caught fire on the runway at the Joint Base Charleston Friday afternoon. In a release late Friday, Joint Base Charleston (JBC) said that there were no injuries following an incident involving an aircraft. JBC officials did not specify what exactly happened on the plane, but said […] The post U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft caught fire on runway first appeared on Defence Blog. |
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