Seoul: South Korea is on a purchasing spree of advanced military equipment to counter the threat from North Korea. In the latest news, the South Korean government has approved the purchase of Chinook, an advanced combat helicopter from the US. This makes South Korea the country with the highest number of Chinook helicopters after the […]
Mexico City: Tensions in Mexico have increased following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán-López, aka El Ratón, aka The Mouse. The conflict has ignited between the Sinaloa cartel, the world’s most notorious drug trafficker, and the Mexican military. Information has surfaced that the Mexican army has launched helicopter attacks, and the Sinaloa cartel has reportedly fired […]
Manila/Warsaw: – Philippines has accelerated the modernisation of its defence forces given the hegemonic Chinese activities in the South China Sea. On Tuesday, the Philippines signed an agreement with Poland to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters. This is the third extensive defence agreement signed by the Philippines in the last four months. Earlier, the Philippines […]
Kabul: – Defence Minister in the Taliban regime, Yaqoob Mujahid, threatened Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to return all the airplanes and helicopters of the Afghan air force. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan should not test the patience of the Taliban for this. Otherwise, the Taliban will take the necessary action to get its airplanes back.’ 161 fighter jets […]
Jerusalem: – Israel and the United States signed a defence agreement worth $3.1 billion. As per the agreement, Israel will be purchasing fuel tanker airplanes and freight helicopters from the United States. Israeli analysts are claiming that this purchase of fuel tanker airplanes will increase the strike range of the Israeli fighter jets and will […]
Islamabad: The Pakistani people are horrified after the US troops were revealed to have arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. A few days later, it was known that US Air Force Chinook helicopters were hovering over Islamabad and Karachi. Thus, after this incident, the Pakistan media asked what’s happening in the country. Not only that, but some Pakistani analysts worry that the US will take strong action […]
Washington/Ankara: – The United States has put the supply of attack helicopters by Turkey to Pakistan on hold. Turkey had signed an agreement for the supply of 30 attack helicopters. But the engines in the helicopters are US-made, and the US administration has refused permission to export these engines. The development points to an increase […]
Dubai/Moscow: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement to purchase 500 helicopters for its police force. Along with this purchase transaction, the Russian company will be setting up its manufacturing project in the UAE. Confidence is being expressed that the defence cooperation between the two countries will gain momentum with this. Three weeks ago, […]
New Delhi: MH-60R (Romeo) helicopters will soon join the Indian naval fleet. India and the United States signed a deal worth USD 905 million for the supply of these helicopters. These helicopters, very effective in anti-submarine warfare, will immensely increase the capabilities of the Indian Navy. It had become mandatory for the Indian Navy to […]
New Delhi: – The Indian soldiers foiled Chinese attempts of intrusion, by stopping and making them retreat, in the Sikkim and Ladakh regions. It has been exposed that even before that, Chinese helicopters had attempted to intrude into the Indian airspace. But alert Indian Airforce, forced the Chinese helicopters to retreat, dispatching fighter jets from […]