London: The United Kingdom has jumped into the Ukraine-Russia dispute regarding the rights over the Black Sea and Azov Sea regions. The United Kingdom has deployed a destroyer in Ukraine saying ‘The Black Sea does not belong to Russia.’ British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson has said that the deployment of HMS Echo is a warning […]
Washington: Iran with a bolstered confidence due to the US withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan had challenged the US aircraft carrier deployed in the Persian Gulf. Nearly 30 patrol vessels of the Iranian navy fired rockets at the US aircraft carrier sailing through the Persian Gulf. The representative of an international news agency sailing on […]
Washington: A study group linked to the US government has warned ‘Although the United States is known to have the largest and the strongest navy, there is a major threat to the US Navy from Russia and China. The US navy will lose its might because of the anti-warship missiles of these two adversaries.’ The […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has sanctioned an essential increase in the defence expenditure and has indicated a provision of $750 bn for this purpose. As per the sources, this sanction was given after his meeting with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. President Trump has consistently stressed on increasing the capabilities of the defence […]
New Delhi: The Indian defence forces are performing joint war exercises with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia. These include ‘Cope India’ air exercises with the United States, ‘Indra Navy 2018’ with Russia and ‘Exercise Konkan’ with the British navy. These exercises will hugely benefit the Indian defence forces and the military importance of […]
Athens: Amid the indications of increasing Turkish activities in the Mediterranean Sea, Greece Egypt and Cyprus held multinational war exercises. Warships from all the three countries participated in the war exercises code named Medusa-7 and stayed near the Crete Islands in Greece. Egypt and Greece have been regularly holding Medusa war exercises since 2015, but […]
Tehran/Geneva: In an apparent threat Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, “The United States cannot stop the Iranian oil exports. However, if the United States tries to stop Iranian oil exports in the times to come, Iran will not let a single drop of Gulf oil to pass through the Persian Gulf.” A few hours ago, […]
Beijing: There are signs of a conflict flaring up between the United States and China anytime in the South China Sea. China has sent a naval fleet to stop the patrolling of the US warships in the marine region. The Chinese military has also warned ‘If the United States intends to avoid any unexpected incidents […]
Beijing: After adopting an aggressive defence strategy over the last few years, Japan has increased movements to purchase 100 F-25 Stealth fighter jets from the United States. As per information, Japan will be entering into an agreement worth USD 9 billion for this purpose. Japan has already decided to buy 42 F-35 fighter jets from […]
Tehran: A senior official from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards threatened, ‘If the United States made any moves to attack Iran, the US military bases and the aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf would be destroyed. All the US military bases are in the range of the Iranian missiles.’ Only last month the Revolutionary Guards had […]