July 15, 2023 Military Aviation News
07/15/2023
The U.S. will repurchase decommissioned missiles it sold to Taiwan and provide them to Ukraine as part of a military aid package, according to a local news outlet. The China Times quoted an unnamed source on Friday (July 14) who said that the Phase III MIM-23 Hawk missiles, decommissioned in June, will be sold to the U.S.
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07/15/2023
China’s military has been on a surge of activity around Taiwan this week, sending dozens of warplanes past the median line of the Taiwan Strait and into the key regions of the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) activity has a range of implications, none of them positive for Taiwan or cross-strait stability, analysts say.
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07/15/2023
A sweeping U.S. Air Force modernization program is underway, and the time has come to start discussing options for sharing the technology with allies. Export policy for some of the Air Force’s “more sensitive” new technology is being discussed this weekend at the Royal International Air Tattoo with the leaders of international partners, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said July 14.
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07/15/2023
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Director of Future Combat Air sees “unique opportunities” for future partnerships on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) program — but indicated that doesn’t have to mean adding more nations to the core membership of the UK, Italy and Japan.
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