March 13, 2010 Military Aviation News

How Drone Pilots Wage War

03/13/2010

Drone pilots sit in air-conditioned rooms far away from the anti-terror wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. They guide their weapons systems with joysticks and monitors. The remote warriors work with a high degree of precision -- and at a fraction of the cost of a fighter jet.

As Its Arms Makers Falter, Russia Buys Abroad

03/13/2010

Ask a Russian what the country makes well, and the answer, more often than not, will be the Kalashnikov rifle.

Russia signs $1.5-bln fighter jet contract with India

03/13/2010

Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi, the head of the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG said on Friday.

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