March 14, 2014 Military Aviation News
03/14/2014
Dassault Aviation said on Thursday it is ready to rebid for a multibillion-dollar Canadian combat-aircraft contract if Ottawa backs out of a plan to buy U.S.-made F-35 combat aircraft to replace the country's aging fleet of F-18 fighter jets. The Canadian government needs to start replacing the F-18s by 2017 which would imply an initial order by this year.
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03/14/2014
The U.S. Department of Defense released its annual report on the state of North Korea’s military earlier this month. The short 22-page document paints a picture of a North Korean military that is slowly atrophying under a lack of funding. Nevertheless, the report begins by acknowledging that North Korea “remains one of the United States’ most critical security challenges.”
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03/14/2014
Six Russian Su-27 fighter jets and three military transport planes with ground support personnel arrived Thursday at an airbase in Belarus to boost the airspace defenses of the two countries' Union State, the Russian Defense Ministry said.The ministry said the aircraft from the Western military district have been deployed to the Babruysk airbase in line with a bilateral agreement on the joint protection of the Union State's airspace.
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