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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Beijing/Hongkong: The United States and China, exchanging warnings during the ASEAN and APEC meets have expedited their military activities in the South China Sea. China who has built and militarised more than 100 artificial islands in the South China Sea has started a new military construction in the region. A few days ago, the United […]
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Tokyo: A vast war exercise involving two aircraft carriers – the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS John C Stennis, ten warships, 150 fighter jets and twelve thousand personnel has commenced in the Philippines Sea. The exercise being held close to the marine region over which China claims its authority is a stern warning to […]
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Canberra: Given the Chinese interference in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia has announced an ambitious scheme named ‘Step Up To Pacific’. Under the scheme, independent financial institutions would be built to provide financial assistance to the countries in the Pacific Ocean region, and a provision of $3 billion has been made for the purpose. Prime Minister […]
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