Rapid Fire April 12, 2012: Boeing’s Angry Birds

• Britain’s Type 45 air defense destroyers Dragon & Defender are finishing up 2nd trials. They share the PAAMS combat system and Aster-30 long-range air defense missiles with France’s Horizon Class, which just shot down a Coyote maneuvering supersonic target.

• The UK is restarting military sales to Indonesia.

• Japan Security Watch opines on how to resolve the Okinawa conundrum between the US and Japan.