East Asia and Pacific Region
Type 022 Houbei-Class, Designed And Built For Missile Swarms
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Month: April 2021
Americas
Saab Awarded A Contract For US Navy’s LCS Sensors Suite
Washington (GDC) – Saab says it will expand its East Syracuse plant and add 50 new jobs after the U.S. Navy selected the company to help upgrade its fleet of small, fast combat ships. U.S. […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Swarming Navies In South China Sea, Accidental War Is Plausible
China’s muscling in with missile boats. The Philippines is sending over aircraft. But another player is deploying its military to stake a claim on the South China Sea – Vietnam. As Beijing’s fishing “militia” moved […]
C4iSR
Taiwan Developed Anti-stealth Radar To Detect Next-Gen Aircraft
Youth Daily News, a publication run by the Taiwan Defense ministry’s Political Warfare Bureau released images of a secret radar that can detect stealth aircraft- presumably aimed at China’s J-20 aircraft. The article has since been deleted […]
Middle East
UK, Qatar To Operate Joint Hawk T2 Training Unit
The United Kingdom has confirmed it is to establish a joint operating unit with Qatar for the BAE Systems Hawk advanced jet trainer (AJT) aircraft as part of a wider training program. The United Kingdom […]
Defense Industry
South Korean KAI Aims To Export KF-21 Fighter At $65 Million Apiece
From flying cars to private satellites, the paradigm of global aerospace industry is shifting faster than ever. After SpaceX ushered in the dawn of the “new space” age, private players are now making an aggressive […]
Uncategorized
Norwegian F-35A Successfully Launches Joint Strike Missile
The Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell-FMA), in association with Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA), the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and the US Department of Defense F-35 Joint Program Office, in February conducted the first […]
Uncategorized
Malaysian Ex-military intel chief, 2 senior army officers charged with corruption
KUALA LUMPUR (GDC) — Former director-general of the Defense Intelligence Division at the defence ministry, Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Sheikh Moksin Hassan, and two senior officers of the Malaysian Armed Forces were charged in the Sessions Court […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Forget Democracy, Myanmar Coup Was To Protect Tatmadaw Businesses, Hide Corruption And Avoid ICC Prosecution
Myanmar’s military – the leaders of its recent coup – are funded by a huge chunk of the national budget. But the armed forces also draw a vast and secretive income from sprawling business interests. […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Chinese Navy Chases Philippines News Crew In Disputed Waters
Tensions are escalating over China’s move to mass militia vessels in disputed areas of the South China Sea, with the U.S. and Philippines expressing renewed concern and an investigation underway into reports that armed Chinese navy ships chased down […]