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 […]
Dubai: Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized a South Korean ship from the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. It is claimed that Iranian action comes against the background of the trade dispute with South Korea. The South Korean ship, Hankuk Chemi, which left from the Al-Jubail port in Saudi Arabia, was seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. […]
Aden: – Twenty-six people were killed in a bomb attack on the Aden airport in Yemen. This blast was carried out to target the coalition government’s aeroplane in Yemen, coming from Saudi Arabia. The Yemen government accused that Houthi rebels, who opposed the ruling government in Yemen and are enjoying complete support from Iran, are […]
New Delhi: – The union cabinet has approved the export of Aakash missiles to the allies. This decision was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India has set a target to export defence equipment worth USD 5 billion in the times to come. This decision to permit the export […]
Seoul: – Indian Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane is on a three-day visit to South Korea. Before this, General Naravane had visited Myanmar, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The South Korean visit of the Army Chief, after these, becomes significant. Confidence is being expressed that the defence cooperation between […]
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 […]
Guam/Beijing: – Joint naval exercises were held between the United States, Japan and France. The US Pacific fleet has given this information. USS John McCain of the United States, JS Hyuga from Japan and French nuclear submarine FS Émeraude participated in the exercises. France has sent a nuclear submarine for naval exercises to this region […]
Washington: – USS Georgia, the nuclear submarine from the US navy, equipped with 154 tomahawk missiles has reached the Persian Gulf. The US Navy announced that the submarine has passed the Strait of Hormuz. Given the tension reigning high with Iran, the nuclear submarine’s deployment, in the Persian Gulf, becomes significant. Meanwhile, an Israeli news […]
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 […]
Tel Aviv: Iran, who had threatened to avenge the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, has initiated cyberattacks on Israel. The Iranian hacker group, Pay2Key, launched an attack on an Israeli company and leaked the data on the dark web. A hacker group connected with Iran published this information regarding the attack. This becomes the second […]