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Hellfire vil bli brukt mot små fartøyer som Revolusjonsgarden legger miner med. Det er også et effektivt anti-pamser missil. Jeg tror det der det missilet som brukes mot drug-kartellenes smuglerbåter. Kan Norges Bell 412SP ta disse? Jeg har aldri sett oppheng for missiler på helikoptertypen. Vi er som kjent ekstremt tilbakestående med militære helikoptre. (Red.)

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April 24, 2026 The Navy’s top leadership says they are working hard to avoid serious issues that have plagued previous shipbuilding efforts when it comes to the Trump class “battleship” program. Senior officials have focused, in particular, on the need to have a very firm design before any work on the large surface combatants, the first of which could cost a whopping $17 billion, actually begins. A lack of a finalized design, along with repeated changes to it along the way, contributed heavily to the demise of the Constellation class frigate last year. Read our full report here. As another U.S. delegation is headed to Pakistan to try to restart negotiations, be sure to check out TWZ’s rolling coverage for the latest on the conflict in the Middle East here.

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