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Iran

[Video] Iranian F-4 Phantom testing Qader air-to-surface missile

On Sept. 25, Iran unveiled two new domestically produced air-to-surface missiles: the Qader and Nasr. Whilst Nasr is a short range missile, Qader, derivative from Chinese C802 supersonic ASM (Anti-Ship Missile),…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 16, 2013
Aircraft Carriers

Interesting image shows F/A-18E Super Hornet about to land on carrier with afterburner lit

The image in this post is interesting for at least two reasons. First it, shows an F/A-18E preparing to land on the flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sailing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 16, 2013
Military Aviation

Japan interceptors scrambled 185 times against Chinese and Russian aircraft in last 3 months

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is always quite busy intercepting planes skirting the Japanese airspace. In the third quarter of year (in the period between July and September 2013), JASDF…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 15, 2013
Military Aviation

[Photo] An unusual paint scheme on an ex-Polish Fishbed: Adversary Mig-21s have reached Florida

The Polish MiG-21s we have written about a few days ago seem to have already reached Florida to provide threat simulation services from Eglin Air Force Base. A photo shows…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
October 15, 2013
Military Aviation

This is what happens when a Narcos plane meets some armed F-16 fighter jets

According to Vladimir López Padrino, commander of the Ceofanb, the Comando Estratégico Operational de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (Venezuelan Air Force Strategic Operations Command), who gave the new using…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 14, 2013
China

A U.S. Apache attack helicopter appears in China. Did they clone it?

Images have surfaced on the Chinese Internet of what seems to be an actual AH-64D Apache or a real-size copy of the world's most famous attack chopper. The helicopter, on…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
October 14, 2013
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