Washington/Taipei: – President Trump has signed the Taiwan Assurance Act, guaranteeing weapons assistance and strong support on the international level for Taiwan. For strengthening relations with Taiwan, this bill had been passed by the US Congress in the last year itself. It is being said that the scope of cooperation with Taiwan will increase further […]
Moscow: – Russia has built an independent research lab to test the utility of weapons in freezing weather conditions. The institute, ‘The Central Scientific Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering’ has revealed this information. It is said that the laboratory has a facility to test weapons at a temperature of -60oc. A few months ago, […]
Washington: – A US destroyer patrolled the international marine region, remaining within the international guidelines framework and proceeded further. The US navy trashed the Chinese navy’s claims that the Chinese warships chased away the US destroyer. At the same time, the US navy warned that the US destroyer’s patrolling, in this marine region, is a […]
Tokyo: Against the background of the Coronavirus, aggressive Chinese domination activities are continuing, and Japan is making intense preparations to counter them. On Monday, Japan announced a provision of nearly USD 52 billion for the defence sector. This is an increase of 1.1% over the last year. This is the ninth successive year of growth […]
Tokyo: Japan has announced that it is developing long-range anti-ship missiles to target the destroyers sailing dangerously close to the Japanese marine borders. Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi declared, ‘The situation in the East China Sea has become complicated, and it becomes necessary for Japan to act against the situation.’ Although Defence Minister Kishi did […]
Athens/Ankara: Greece has increased its defence expenditure budget by a whopping 57% to stop the aggressive Turkish activities in the Mediterranean Sea. The Greek parliament approved this increase on Tuesday, and Greece will be spending USD 6.6 billion on the defence forces in 2021. This envisages the increase in the number of defence personnel, purchase […]
Stockholm/Moscow: – The Swedish parliament has approved an increase of a whopping 40% in the defence expenditure to counter the threat of Russian aggression. This will take the Swedish defence expenditure to USD 11 billion. This is the first such massive increase in the Swedish defence expenditure in the last 70 years. Only last week, […]
New Delhi: – Indian ‘Maritime Theatre Command’, responsible for the security of the seven and a half thousand long coastline, will be active in the next year. Since the last few years, large scale restructuring has been undertaken to increase the war capabilities of the defence forces and Maritime Theatre Command is considered to be […]
New Delhi: – Moves have been initiated to build an independent Artillery Brigade for Mountain Strike Corps, the elite unit of the Indian Army, specially trained for warfare in the treacherous mountain terrain. These moves are considered necessary against the background of the rising tension with China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in […]
Brussels/Washington: – The United States and European Union (EU) have raised the baton of action against Turkey, who is trampling the NATO regulations, since the last few months. EU announced limited sanctions against Turkey, who has created tension in the Mediterranean Sea and is threatening the NATO members. Whereas, it is being claimed that the […]