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Ukrainian Mirage 2000s Are Now Equipped with MICA Missiles

A recently emerged photo shows a Ukrainian Mirage 2000 equipped with a MICA air-to-air missile, after being initially ...
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Pakistan air force successfully test-fires locally developed Taimoor air-launched cruise missile with 600km range from Mirage fighter

The Pakistan air force has successfully test-launched its indigenously developed Taimoor air-launched cruise missile from a ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How Hans Bethe and Richard Garwin served the missile defense system they publicly criticized

During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept ...
GovCon Wire

Air Force Awards Lockheed $329M IRST, Targeting Pod FMS Contract for Taiwan

The sole-source contract supports Infrared Search and Track, Sniper, and Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...