June 07, 2010 Military Aviation News
06/07/2010
Over the last decade, there has been increase in the military spending of almost all countries of the world. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), estimates, released on June 2, 2010, 1531 billion USD were expended on militaries as the defence budgets. Overall, there has been an increase of 5.9 percent in the defence spending during 2009, as compared to year 2008.
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06/07/2010
Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft - one of them piloted by the Alenia Aeronautica test pilot Matteo Maurizio - landed in the Central European country of Slovakia for the first time in order to participate in the Piestany Air Show.
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06/07/2010
Purnomo Yusgiantoro also told Reuters the country was discussing buying 10 more C-130 military transport aircraft from Lockheed Martin but had not come to any agreement.
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06/07/2010
A senior Chinese military official laid blame on the United States over the weekend for obstructing the development of smooth Sino-US military ties, claiming at a major Asian security conference in Singapore that the problems stem from US arms sales to Taiwan and maritime conflicts.
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06/07/2010
Chavez's socialist government has ordered 18 of the light attack and training planes from China, and the Latin American country received the first six jets in March.
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