Seoul: South Korea has announced a ‘Defence Plan’ worth $250 billion including an indigenously built aircraft carrier, against the background of nuclear capabilities of North Korea and the increasing Chinese marine ambitions. In this plan prepared for the period 2021 to 2025, it is recommended to increase the defence expenditure by 6% every year. A […]
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Taipei: Shandong, the aircraft carrier which was inducted in the Chinese navy only ten days ago, patrolled in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday. This is the second patrolling by this aircraft carrier, in this marine region, in the past one month. Meanwhile, with only two months to go for the Taiwanese presidential elections, China seems […]
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Taipei: The Chinese aircraft carrier, along with its fleet of associated destroyers, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday morning. On the other hand, the US and Japanese warships have said to have trailed the Chinese fleet. Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Taiwan soon. Given the background, the movements of US and […]
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Tokyo: Alarmed by the increasing strength of the Chinese Navy and Air Force, Japan has also started preparations to build an aircraft carrier. Japan has planned to deploy fighter jets on both the Izumo and Kaga helicopter carriers in the naval fleet. The advanced US stealth fighter jets F-35B would be used on both the […]
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Taipei: Taiwan delivered a severe shock to the Chinese aircraft consistently intruding into its airspace. A Taiwanese aircraft launched a decoy attack on the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aircraft hovering near the Taiwanese airspace. Additionally, a decoy attack is used in war exercises or to issue a warning. It is unclear as to when the […]
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Tokyo: The skirmishes between Japan and China are increasing once again in the East China Sea region. Japan alleged that a Chinese surveillance aircraft tried to intrude into the Japanese airspace two days ago. The Japanese defence ministry informed that the Japanese fighter jets had to be pressed into action to drive this surveillance aircraft […]
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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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Beijing: China’s aircraft carrier ‘Liaoning’ has left for the Pacific ocean, after conducting drills near Korean territory a week ago. The Chinese aircraft carrier will be conducting military drills in the western region of the Pacific Ocean. Last week, China had announced that its aircraft carrier warship is now combat ready. According to the information […]
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Washington: Underlining the freedom of maritime navigation, Britain has announced that it would soon send fighter planes in the South China Sea. Along with this, a British aircraft carrier warship will also be deployed in next few years, in the waters of the South China Sea, informed the British ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch. […]
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Paris : Against the background of the Bastille Day terrorist attack in France’s city of Niece, French President, François Hollande has announced the plan to deploy French aircraft carriers in the operation to strongly combat IS activities and that in the next few days, the aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle’ will be sent along with […]
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