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It costs $20,000 to kill a $20,000 drone. That sounds like break-even. It is, in fact, the most important number in air defence right now. For a decade, Western air forces have wrestled with an asymmetry as deep as any in modern warfare: their premier air-defence...
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By December, Singapore will have its first F-35s. Four F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing variants are scheduled for delivery before year’s end, making the Republic of Singapore Air Force the fourth Asia-Pacific operator of the world’s most advanced...
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India has chosen the Rafale. Again. But this time, the numbers are staggering: 114 aircraft, $39 billion, and a production line in Nagpur that will make India one of the largest Rafale operators on Earth. The Defence Acquisition Council approved the purchase in...
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On the first of April — no joke intended — the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy signed the most significant European-Asian defence contract in a generation. The Global Combat Air Programme, or GCAP, awarded £686 million to Edgewing, the newly created trinational...
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