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North Korea unveils new spy plane to bolster air defense
North Korea has developed its own airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. Based on the Russian Ilyushin Il-76 ...
Stars and Stripes5d
Navy jets intercept Russian spy plane near aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
NAPLES, Italy — Navy fighter jets recently intercepted a Russian spy plane flying near an aircraft carrier ordered to the Middle East to support U.S. military strikes against Iranian-backed ...
Newsweek22d
Triple Threat: US Sends More Spy Planes To Watch China and Its Allies
It was not clear why an additional Rivet Joint aircraft had been sent to Okinawa. In addition to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army was tracked sending its new spy plane, the BD-700, which is a ...
The National Interest14d
The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
Spearheaded by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, the Blackbird project was initially conceptualized to fulfill the CIA’s need for a new spy plane. The intelligence agency had been previously relying ...
The National Interest23d
A French Rafale Jet Just Intercepted A Russian Spy Plane Over The Baltic
Most recently, a French Rafale fighter intercepted two Russian planes, an IL-78 military transport ... and spending money on building entirely new platforms. Although the Tu-214R supplements ...
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Japanese warplanes use flares to warn a Russian spy plane to leave airspace
TOKYO--Japan said its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave northern Japanese airspace on Monday. Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the ...