Security

UK Trident submarine missile launch failed with top brass aboard

LONDON — British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and other top officials were on board a Royal Navy nuclear submarine when the test-firing of a Trident II 5 nuclear missile failed last month. The misfire saw the missile crash back into the sea close to the submarine...
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Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter plane takes off for maiden flight

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s first locally made combat aircraft, dubbed Kaan, completed its maiden flight at Akinci Airforce Base near Ankara on Wednesday. The CEO of manufacturer TUSAŞ, Temel Kotil, tweeted that the first flight took 13 minutes. The aircraft registered a...
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General Atomics expands its reach into the Japanese defense market

SINGAPORE — General Atomics is expanding its cooperation with Japan by investing in the nuclear-energy sector, a growing relationship that executives hope will propel the company’s drone-making defense business there. “We plan to soon announce another partnership with...
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US, Singapore air forces to team up at vital Pacific base in Guam

SINGAPORE — The U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam is set to open its doors to half of Singapore’s F-15 fleet, as the city state seeks to ramp up its combat readiness. The move to concentrate air warfare capabilities at the remote American installation, located at...
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