East Asia and Pacific Region
2018-2019 Defence Budget of China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore
China ($173 Billion for a fiscal year) China will increase military spending by 8.1 per cent this year, the largest rise in three years, as it sees major shifts in its national security environment. The […]
Africa
Sudan’s RSF militants questions the efficacy of the Chinese FB-10A and FK-2000 missile system.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have received a Chinese-made FB-10A and FK-2000 short-range surface-to-air missile system. According to the RSF forces, the FB-10A short-range air defence system failed to intercept low-flying drones and helicopters. […]
C4iSR
Su-35’s Irbis-E FCR: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array Radar
German Ace Eric Hartmann said, ‘He who sees first has half the battle.’ Radar control system “Irbis” is a multifunctional X-band system based on a phased array with electronic beam control, located on a two-degree […]
