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Business
India’s HAL pitches 3 squadrons of cut-price Su-30 jets to carry BrahMos cruise missile
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is offering to build three squadrons of Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force to carry the BrahMos cruise missile at one third of the cost of French Rafale aircraft
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Americas
US Air Force tests unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
The U.S. Air Force's 91st Missile Wing conducted an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
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Asia Pacific
Family carried out Surabaya police HQ suicide bombing, Indonesia police say
A family carried out a suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya, police said, a day after a series of coordinated attacks on churches staged by another family
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Africa
G5 Sahel force ready to launch operations, Niger’s defense minister says
The G5 Sahel joint force is ready to deploy to fight armed extremists in the region, Niger's defense minister Kalla Moutari said, days after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the G5 countries to accelerate deployment
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Asia Pacific
Indonesia: Suicide bombings by a single family strike Surabaya churches, killing at least 13
A series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks perpetrated by a single family struck churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, the deadliest attack for years in the Muslim-majority country
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Asia Pacific
At least 19 killed as insurgents attack Myanmar security forces near China border
At least 19 people were killed and 29 injured in northern Myanmar when TNLA insurgents attacked government security posts and a casino outside Muse in Shan State, near the border with China
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Business
Raytheon awarded $242 million Rolling Airframe Missile contract
Raytheon has been awarded a $242 million contract for Rolling Airframe Missile guided missile round packs for the U.S. Navy, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, a U.S. Department of Defense release said.
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Asia Pacific
Afghan Air Force conducts first Black Hawk operation, one day after crews qualify
Afghan Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews conducted their first operational mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, just one day after graduating from mission qualification training.
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Africa
UN deploys helicopter to counter ex-Seleka militia “infiltration” in Central African Republic
The U.N. deployed air and ground assets in an operation to defeat what it said was an "infiltration" attempt by the ex-Seleka FPRC militia near Dekoa in Central African Republic
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Technology
Russia has adapted 10 MiG-31 fighter jets to test Kinzhal hypersonic missile, minister says
Ten Russian MiG-31 fighter jets adapted to carry the new Kinzhal hypersonic missile "have gone on test combat duty," Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said
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