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Combat helicopters of the Turkish Air Force will receive new high-precision missiles
Combat helicopters of the Turkish Air Force will soon be armed with the latest anti-tank missiles with a range of eight kilometers, reports Anatolian news agency.
The L-UMTAS missile with a laser guidance system was developed by Roketsan Company. The Turkish Air Force began receiving the L-UMTAS missiles several years ago. The missile was specially designed for the attack helicopters developed by Turkey as a part of ATAK project.
The Minister of National Defense of Turkey, Fikri Işık said …
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Israel adopts new medium-range anti-missile defense system
On Sunday, April 2, at the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Air Base in Hatzor, the medium range anti-missile system David’s Sling became operational, NewsRu Israel reports. The ceremony was attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Chief of the General Staff Gadi Eizenkot, Air Force Commander Amir Eshel, US Missile Defense Agency Director James Syring and IAF Commander General-Major Zvika Haimovich.
The system, also known as “Magic Wand”, is part of …
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Ukraine will sell electricity to Moldova
Moldovan company Energocom and Ukrainian DTEK Trading signed a contract for the supply of electricity from Ukraine to Moldova. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova.
The contract period covers April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. The press service emphasized that Ukraine’s proposal of $50.2 per MWh was more attractive than Russia’s offer.
The Moldovan TPS (thermal power station), which participated in this tender, is located in Transnistria …
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Kremlin talks about similarities between Putin and Trump
The Kremlin has said that Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are similar in their principled approach to international relations. The Press Secretary of Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, spoke about this on a broadcast of TV channel ABC.
"One defends the national interests of the United States, and the second - the national interests of the Russian Federation. And they understand very well that sometimes it is better for the national interest to maintain good relations with a colleague, …
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Israel says their troops will enter Syria only if Hezbollah poses a threat
Interfax reports that according to Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren, Israeli troops will enter Syria only if there is a serious threat from the Iranian movement, Hezbollah.
"The Iranian regime has always been interested in supporting Syria and Hezbollah, using them as effective proxies, which poses a threat to Israel and its role as a deterrent," Koren said. He added that the threat posed by Hezbollah's actions in Syria is not an abstract one.
Israel will immediately respond if the …