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27 August

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA is launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) during a flight test off Hawaii in 2017

US State Department Announces Potential Missile Sale to Australia

The US State Department announced a potential foreign military sale to Australia in a $350 million deal that will include defense services for future missile production.

27 August

South Korean soldiers patrol along the line through the Demilitarized Zone in Hwacheon County

Hercules Reyes

US State Department Clears $258M Arms Sale to South Korea

The US Department of State has approved the sale of precision-guided munitions and related equipment to South Korea in a deal worth $258 million.

27 August

The Navy's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) completes its first live fire event July 19 off the coast of Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy’s Extended-Range AARGM to Enter Production

The US Navy approved the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) for production after being cleared by the Milestone C review.

26 August

Hercules Reyes

Russia Unveils Visual-Optical Blinding Weapon ‘Lyutik-N’

Russia unveiled its new non-lethal neutralizing weapons system, the Lyutik-N visual-optical interference blinding station.

26 August

Hercules Reyes

China May Have Tested New Electromagnetic Weapon: Report

China may have successfully brought down a drone using a potent electromagnetic pulse in what could be its first demonstration of a new advanced weapon.

26 August

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Tests 2,000-Pound Dialable Effects Munition

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has demonstrated the customized detonation of an aircraft-launched munition.

25 August

Iran's Mohajer 6 tactical and combat unmanned aerial vehicle

Inder Singh Bisht

Images Suggest Ethiopia Using Iranian Drones in Civil War

Citing images shared on the internet, several media outlets have reported that Ethiopia is using Iranian-made Mohajer-6 combat drones as it fights a civil war.

24 August