Hong Kong: The United States has started preparations to integrate US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, to stop the increasing Chinese influence in the South China Sea region. A Hong Kong based daily claimed that these US actions would only add to the tension already prevailing in the marine region. This claim has been […]
Eilat: – Iran may use the Houthi rebels, from Yemen, to avenge the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. The Houthi rebels had also announced that they have missiles that can reach Israel directly. Against this background, the Israeli military has deployed two missile defence systems, Iron Dome and Patriot, in the Eilat region, in southern […]
London: – The British defence ministry has taken the decision to equip the F-35B stealth fighter jets, from the British navy, with super-advanced missiles. For this, the British defence ministry signed an agreement for purchase of ‘Spear 3’ missiles. British media are claiming that after the F-35B are equipped with Spear 3 missiles, it will be possible to retaliate […]
Tehran: – Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) revealed information regarding the underground missile base near the Strait of Hormuz. Senior officials of IRGC announced that these missiles could sink enemy warships. At the same time, IRGC held war exercises with 700 patrol vessels of different sizes and speedboats. The western media claim that these Iranian […]
New Delhi: India has taken the defence cooperation with the United States to a new height by signing the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA). India is preparing to sign a similar agreement with France. Bilateral talks are being held between the Indian National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, and Emmanuel Bonne, political Advisor to the […]
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 […]
Baghdad: – A plot to plant a mine on an oil tanker, in the Persian Gulf, and to blow it, was busted. After two days of efforts, the Iraqi Navy successfully dismantled the mine and rescued the sailors. This development once again poses questions regarding the safety of the oil tanker movement in the Persian […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]