Taipei: The tension between China and Taiwan has peaked, for the first time since the decade of 1990 and Chinese airplanes have intruded a whopping 380 times, into the Taiwanese airspace, in the last year. Last week, there had been intrusion attempts even in the buffer zone between the two countries and the Taiwanese Defence […]
Manama: Bahrain announced the opening of its airspace for the Israeli aircraft flying from Israel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Both Israel and UAE expressed gratitude that this Bahrain gesture of opening the airspace has reduced the flight distance between the two countries. Two days ago, Saudi Arabia opened its airspace for Israeli aeroplanes. […]
Tehran: Commander of the Iranian army, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi Fard warned Iran’s enemies that they should not test its air defence capabilities as it will gain nothing. Instead, they will be subjected to utter humiliation. The warning came on the sidelines of the commencement of air defence drills in Iran. It appeared that the […]
Riyadh: Along with the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Netherlands and Singapore, Saudi Arabia also has stopped passenger aircraft traffic through the Iranian airspace. The Saudi decision has come as a result of the tension, created in the Persian Gulf, following the Iranian attack on the US drone. Along with Saudi, even […]
Taipei/Beijing: Taiwan has warned that the Chinese planes crossing the Taiwanese strait and intruding into the Taiwanese airspace, is an act of provocation. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen accused that although the Taiwanese fighter jets conducted a forceful explosion of any Chinese aircraft from the air, this incident is a violation of the agreement between the […]
Washington/Moscow: Tension between Russia and the United States, over nuclear weapons, seems to be heightening, after exiting from the INF Treaty. A few days ago, the US Defence Department had indicated that the US would reserve its rights for the first nuclear strike. After that, now the nuclear bombers from both the countries held exercises […]
Taipei: China disturbed by the visit of the US warships to Taiwan, registered its protest by sending its bombers, fighter jets and surveillance planes close to the Taiwanese airspace. China said that there was nothing special in it and was a part of the routine exercise. It was reported that Taiwan too had despatched its […]
Seoul: China, claiming rights over the East and the South China Sea and creating tensions with Japan and the South East Asian countries, has now provoked South Korea. The incidences of Chinese fighter jets and surveillance aircrafts intruding into the South Korean airspace have more than doubled. It is claimed that China has threatened the […]
Washington: ‘The United States was considered a sanctuary from foreign military action since the end of the Cold War, but it is no longer safe from the advance weapons created by other nations over the years’, warned a US General. Although the General did not name anyone, the US military analyst claim that he warned, […]
Taipei/Beijing/Washington: Disturbed by the military cooperation between Taiwan and United States, China organised a war exercise close to the Taiwanese airspace. It threatened Taiwan by flying its bombers and fighter jets close to the airspace. The Taiwanese ‘F-16’ fighter jets chased off the Chinese fighter jets, adding to the tension in the east Asian region. […]