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Military Aviation

RAF's weapon of choice in Libya to be upgraded as export opportunities emerge

MBDA has announced it is to work on a successor to Brimstone the fire and forget anti-armour missile that had a starring role in the Air War over Libya. During…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
March 17, 2012
Iran

How IRIAF F-14 Tomcats could be (effectively) used in combat against Israeli or U.S. planes or drones

A previous article about the theoretical Israeli strike on Iran with the rendering of an F-15I dropping bombs on Tehran got a lot of attention and sparked debate. Someone criticized…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 16, 2012
Drones

Boeing's Phantom Eye revolutionary drone eyes its first flight

Boeing has recently announced that it has performed some medium speed taxi runs for its latest High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) surveillance drone the Phantom Eye at Edwards AFB on…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
March 15, 2012

The dawn of the robot age: U.S. Air Force testing air-launched UCAVs capable to fire Maverick and Shrike missiles in 1972.

There is people who believe that drones are quite recent players of modern warfare that were born to conduct what is widely known today as ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance). This…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2012

Video: Syrian MiG-23 destroyed on the ground by the rebels

This video, allegedly filmed on Mar. 7, 2012, shows rebels hitting a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23MS on the ground at  Abu-Dhahur air base in the north west region of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2012
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Photo: F-35B with weapons bay doors open

As flight testing continues, Lockheed Martin released new images of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. After the F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) with external stores, and the F-35…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 14, 2012
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