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- Go battle Covid-19 at home! Chinese Navy ‘expels US warship from territorial waters’
A US warship was “expelled” from disputed South China Sea waters after Beijing’s navy scrambled fighter jets and naval assets to escort it away, accusing Washington of “provocative” actions at sea. - Troubled F-35 becomes latest coronavirus casualty after Pentagon puts the brakes on further testsTests being carried out on the delayed and over-budget F-35 have been suspended as part of a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Pentagon has announced. The fighter plane has already suffered a string of pricey setbacks.
- Mission incapable? Pentagon review finds gun on F-35 fighter jet can’t hit targets & 800+ software glitches – reportThe long list of problems plaguing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter continues to grow, with a Pentagon review finding over 800 software flaws in the costly aircraft, as well as defects that prevent its guns from hitting targets.
- F-35’s troubled present & uncertain future: Japan eyes local assembly of the fighter jet that faces new problems in the USThe F-35 program continues along its rocky path to full-rate production, facing new challenges such as a persistent lack of spare parts, poor repair capacity, and what is most dreaded – grumpy lawmakers reluctant to foot the bill.
- WATCH Turkey testing Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft systems on US F-16 fighter jetsTurkish media has released footage of what it says are radar tests of S-400 missile systems, which Ankara recently procured from Russia. The anti-aircraft defenses have been tried on US-made F-16 jets.
- US F-16 fighter jet crashes in western GermanyAn American F-16 has crashed in an area of forest near Zemmer in western Germany, according to the German Air Force.
- Bolton says China stole F-35 because their jet ‘looks like it’ – are plane-snatchers everywhere?US National Security Advisor John Bolton accused China of “stealing” plans for the F-35 fighter, claiming the newest Chinese aircraft looks exactly the same. But if looks are to be judged, Beijing is, by far, not the only culprit.
- ‘Yes, you can buy it’: Putin shows Erdogan Russian 5th gen Su-57 fighter jet (VIDEO)A future deal on Russia’s Su-57 fighter jet has seemingly been brought up by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after his host, President Vladimir Putin, impressed him with the fifth-generation jet at the MAKS 2019 airshow.
- US Navy’s most expensive ship ever can’t get ammo to deck, can’t launch new F-35 fightersThe US Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier was delivered with only two of its 11 elevators –vital to get munitions to its deck– operational. For the Navy, it’s the latest in a series of costly embarrassments.
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