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UK to build F-35-sized ‘silent hangar’ to test jamming, electronic war

PARIS — Britain’s Ministry of Defence plans to build a hangar-sized isolated chamber big enough for F-35 jets and Chinook transport helicopters to test its military assets against GPS jamming and other types of electronic warfare. U.K. firm QinetiQ will build the “silent hangar” at the ministry’s Boscombe Down site in south-west England under a £20-million (US$ 26 million) contract, the…
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