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Aircraft and araments. United Kingdom: Raytheon and MBDA in the running for the missiles of F-35B (VIDEO)

London, United Kingdom - The choice set for 2018 is between SDBII and "Spear Cap 3"

The choice for the missiles with the RAF (Royal Air Force) will equip its own F-35B aircraft, will not be taken until at least 2018: to make this known the British Ministry of Defense spokesman. The possible candidates include the SDBII, "Small diameter bomb II" by the American company Raytheon and the "Spear Cap 3", "Selective precision effects at range 3" of MBDA, a Finmeccanica Company. The next...

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Rome, Italy, 05/28/2015 10:58
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