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Turkey plans live-fire exercise, missile defense tests

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Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Turkey is preparing live-fire exercises in the Aegean Sea, angering Greece, and has transported its Russian-made S-400 air defense system to the Black Sea. Turkey, whose military buildup and claims of sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea have angered Greece, announced it will stage exercises in the Aegean Sea from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28, in Turkish-held and international waters. Advertisement The announcement was made Friday in navigational telexes from its naval station in Smyrna, Turkey. Announced plans for the offensive and defensive tests came on Friday, after accusations this week that Turkey activated its surface-to air-missile launcher system radar to track U.S. made, Greek F-16 fighter planes in August. The alleged targeting prompted U.S. Secretary of Defense Mike Pom...

Advanced Patriot missile fails in live-fire test

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Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's most advanced Patriot missile misfired during a major test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System, an Army official confirmed. A hit-to-kill Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guided Enhanced Missile was used against a cruise missile target last week in alive-fire exercise at the Army's White Sands, N. M., Missile Range, but failed, Col. Phil Rottenborn, IBCS project manager, told Defense News on Wednesday. Advertisement Two interceptors were fired at a target missile, and although "the system did what it was designed to do," he said, the Capability-3 Patriot Missile Segment Enhancement missile misfired. An older variant of the Patriot missile brought down the target, part of the common test practice of firing two missiles at a target in the event the f...

General Dynamics begins manned live-fire testing of AJAX armored vehicle

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Sept. 15 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Land Systems U.K. has begun manned live-fire trials for its AJAX armored vehicle program, using the vehicle's CTA International 40mm autocannon, chain gun and smoke grenade launchers.The trials will last five months beginning with static firing positions against immobile point targets and gradually progress to a moving vehicle engaging moving targets. The testing will occur in West Wales, Great Britain."The start of the CT40 cannon manned industry firing phase is a significant milestone in the AJAX programme," Kevin Connell, vice president of General Dynamics Land System U.K., said."This cutting-edge capability that enables AJAX to pack a significant punch, alongside its wide-range of best-in-class sensors that makes it an Information Age platform, ensure...