August 17, 2020 Military Aviation News

Death from above: China touts airfield destroyer

08/17/2020

During the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and Britain, Vulcan bomber 607, which would take seventeen separate in-flight refuellings in radio silence to get it to its target and back, dropped its “iron bombs” in a daring raid on Port Stanley airfield, rendering the runways unusable.

Now Su-30 Jets Become ‘Nuclear Capable’ With Hypersonic Kh-32 Missiles

08/17/2020

Russia is planning to modify its Su-30SM fighter jet to carry the Kh-32 air-to-surface missile. The Kh-32 will have a range of up to 1000km and would be able to strike targets without getting in range of defending jets.

NATO Allies "scramble" to secure skies over Black Sea

08/17/2020

On August 11th identified tracks revealed a number of flights from Crimea in the western part of the Black Sea heading towards NATO territory. In response the Combined Air Operations Centre at Torrejón Spain has alerted and launched Allied fighter aircraft from Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria to respond to the tracks which were identified as a Russian military aircraft.

India’s Tense Borders Threaten Plan to Ban Some Weapons Imports

08/17/2020

India’s move to ban the import of some weapon systems and military hardware to boost local manufacturing is being hindered by its push to procure as much as $2 billion in equipment to increase its defense preparedness as it faces a border stand-off with China and volatile relations with Pakistan.

Cooperation between TUSAS and HAVELSAN for the National Fighter Aircraft Project

08/17/2020

In his written statement, Ismail Demir, President of the Presidency Defense Industry, stated that the defense industry sector continues its MMU development efforts in the process of combating the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19). Demir stated that within the scope of MMU development studies, TUSAS and HAVELSAN have signed a cooperation.

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