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Bell V 280 Valor -- Fast Rope + PDAS - YouTube

Bell’s experimental V-280 Valor tiltrotor, built for a U.S. Army technology demonstration, flew for the first time with an integrated system that provides the pilots and aircrew a 360-degree view through the skin of the aircraft - PDAS (developed by Lockheed Martin).

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US Navy to christen Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson

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Taiwan’s army prepares to take on J-20 jets, S-400 missiles

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Asia Times | Taiwan’s army prepares to take on J-20 jets, S-400 missiles | Article: Island’s annual anti-invasion exercise aimed at testing tactics against the PLA’s best assets

The People’s Liberation Army’s ace stealth jet fighter the J-20 and the Russia-made S-400 surface-to-air missiles recently sent to China have been identified by the Taiwanese military as assets most detrimental to the safety of the self-governed island.

The jet fighter and missiles are being featured in the order of battle of the island’s annual Han Kuang anti-invasion exercise, with its computer-simulated war games starting this week.

Pitting two groups of Taiwanese commanders and troops against each other in mock attack and defense, the annual war game is designed to hone defenses against the PLA assets and devise counter tactics.

The drill will also simulate an amphibious sortie by the PLA under the cover of the J-20 and S-400 missiles to test the military’s responsiveness to stop invading troops from establishing a beachhead.

The PLA has a small squadron of J-20 jets in service, and the S-400 missile systems have also been deployed in southeastern Fujian province which borders the Taiwan Strait.

The J-20 is China’s most advanced fifth-generation air-supremacy fighter whose overall combat capabilities are considered a notch above those of the F-16, the fourth-generation aircraft that is still the backbone of Taiwan’s air defense.

The S-400 is an anti-aircraft weapon system with a 400-kilometer range, and aircraft in disputed areas off the coast could be targeted by it from inland. Theoretically, Taiwan proper would be covered by the S-400 from Fujian, yet analysts say deploying the missiles along the coast at sea level may prevent it from locating low-level aircraft at long range due to the Earth’s curvature.

Taiwan can locate S-400 batteries once activated using its own extensive signals intelligence units and destroy them with stand-off weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles and anti-radiation missiles.

Michael Brady, a former career tactical and strategic intelligence officer for the Pentagon and director of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center at the White House under George W Bush, noted that China could begin any large-scale military campaign against Taiwan by firing hundreds of cruise and ballistic missiles from Fujian.

He said that rather than annihilating the island with missile strikes and causing extraordinary loss of life, the J-20 could be deployed to conduct surgical blitzes against high-value targets including television stations, radar facilities and command-and-control facilities.

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SC political leaders celebrate Greenville F-16 production line completion

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SC political leaders celebrate Greenville F-16 production line completion: Political and civic leaders from the Upstate and South Carolina gather Tuesday to celebrate a new production line to assemble the F-16 aircraft.


The ribbon cutting ceremony at Lockheed Martin, in Greenville, marks the completion of the company's new line.

Special guests included U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, and U.S. Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC) and Jeff Duncan, (R-SC).

Lockheed Martin announced the move of its F-16 production line from Fort Worth, Texas, to Greenville in 2017.

"Today, we mark the beginning of a new chapter, building the most advanced fourth generation fighter ever," Lockheed Martin Greenville general manager Mike Fox said.

The move will create as many as 400 new jobs and delivered new production F-16 aircraft to international customers, the company said.

"The F-16s manufactured in Greenville will be the newest and most advanced F-16 production configuration ever offered, combining numerous capability and structural upgrades," the company said in a release.

The aircraft will be for international customers, starting with the Kingdom of Bahrain, which became the first F-16 Block 70 customer in June 2018.

“It’s going to make America safer," Graham said. "My goal is to deter war, and the best way to deter war is to have an overwhelming presence and allies that can project force.”

Slovakia has also announced its selection of the F-16 Block 70 for the Slovak Air Force, and the company is in discussions with numerous other potential customers.


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Putin attends ceremony to lay down two frigates in north Russia

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Putin attends ceremony to lay down two frigates in north Russia: Putin installed a keel-laying plate of the first frigate


ST. PETERSBURG, April 23. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the ceremony of laying down two Project 22350 serial-produced frigates at the Sevmash Shipyard in north Russia on Tuesday.

Project 22350 frigates developed by the Severnoye Design Bureau are designated to conduct combat operations in distant waters. The first frigate was named the Admiral Amelko and the second the Admiral Chichagov.

Putin installed a keel-laying plate of the first frigate. The ceremony of installing a keel-laying plate of the second frigate was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov.

Admiral Nikolai Amelko made a considerable contribution during his military service to the Navy’s development and took an active part in the defense of Leningrad during the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941-1945.

Admiral Vasily Chichagov (1726-1809) was a Russian naval commander and a polar researcher. During the war with Sweden, he won outstanding victories as the navy commander in the Battle of Oland, the Battle of Reval and the Battle of Vyborg.


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