Here we go again. Donald Trump has tweeted another critique about a major defense company — and the stock immediately fell. Trump tweeted Monday morning that “the F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.” Shares of Lockheed Martin…
A Russian fighter flew dangerously close to a US warplane over eastern Syria, US defence officials said Friday, highlighting the risks of a serious mishap in the increasingly crowded airspace. The near miss occurred late on October 17, when a Russian jet that was escorting a larger spy plane manoeuvred in the vicinity of an…
Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort an Aurbui A320 to a Scotland airport after it lost communication. Four Typhoon jets were scrambled after ATC lost contact with a plane near Glasgow’s Prestwick Airport. A sonic boom was heard in the Highlands as the aircraft broke the sound barrier after being dispatched from the RAF Lossiemouth base. The…
Finland’s defence ministry said a Russian fighter jet violated Finnish airspace early last Thursday, after scrambled jets identified the SU-27 fighter over the Baltic Sea. “The suspected violation… continued approximately one minute, and was in Finnish airspace for about 13 kilometers at a maximum of about one kilometer depth,” the ministry said in a statement.
