Monthly Archives: September, 2020
Americas
World’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet Program Finds Itself In Funding Deficiencies: Bloomberg
The world’s most expensive fighter jet program - the Joint Strike Fighter or popularly known as the F-35, has again been found to be...
Asia Pacific
After Japan, France & Australia Keen For ‘Anti-China’ Military Pact With India
After India and Japan inked a key military logistic pact, another similar agreement with France and Australia appears to be in the pipeline. Such...
Europe
SAAB, The Makers of Gripen Jets To Equip German Navy With Anti-Ship Missiles
The Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab AB has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defense for the RBS-15 anti-ship missiles used...
Asia Pacific
Vietnamese Ships Under Construction In India To Get Israeli Surveillance Systems
Israeli company Controp, which manufactures electro-optical and surveillance systems, has been selected to supply Vietnamese border guard with observation systems for its coastal vessels.
https://eurasiantimes.com/iaf-plans-to-acquire-new-variant-of-f-35-stealth-fighter-jets-called-f-35-i/
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World
IAF Plans To Acquire New Variant Of F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Called F-35-I
Israel is reportedly looking to bolster its air fleet by procuring more F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States to make a third...
World
NATO Pilot Who Flew Rafale Jets Says Other Fighters In Region Mere Target Practice
Retired Air Force pilot, Stefanos Karavidas, the first Greek pilot to fly Rafale fighters has boasted of capabilities of the French origin jet. This...
Asia Pacific
After Chinese Su-30 Jets Trespass Into Taiwan, Taipei Urges Beijing To Restraint
Taiwan urged China to exercise restraint after Chinese jets allegedly violated Taiwan’s airspace during joint naval-air exercises 90 nautical miles (166km) off the coast...
Featured
India Goes Hypersonic; Still Decades Behind Chinese DF-17 Hypersonic Missiles – Experts
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday (September 07), successfully tested its indigenously-developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) and became only the...
South Asia
Why India Needs Both US & Russia To Deploy Its ‘Much Awaited’ S-400 Missiles?
As tensions between India and China are soaring and PLA continues to amass its troops, India is hoping to get a US waiver for...
Featured
US To Upgrade Air-To-Air AMRAAM Missile That Famously Shot Down Abhinandan’s MiG-21 Bison
The American aerospace & defense electronics giant Raytheon Technologies has landed itself another contract worth $125-million for the up-gradation of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, Pentagon...
Americas
European ‘Hurricane’ Jets Rafales & Typhoons Next Big Headache For China?
Both Typhoons and Rafales have the same meaning - "Gust Of Wind' or Hurricane
India-Pakistan News
India Says Pakistan Would Suffer Heavy Losses If It Dares Misadventure; Islamabad Responds
As India's tensions with China and Pakistan continue to surge, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned recent "provocative" remarks by Indian Chief of Defense Staff...
Asia Pacific
As India, China Reach Consensus, Should New Delhi & Beijing Redraft The 1996 Peace Pact?
As India and China have consented on five points to guide their approach to the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), including...
Americas
US Navy Announces ‘Major Breakthrough’ To Confront Beijing In The South China Sea
The US Navy will deploy drones operating in the air, underwater, and on the surface by 2021 to incorporate unmanned technology into combat situations....
Asia Pacific
Beijing Labels Global Backlash Against Disney’s ‘Mulan’ As US’ Agenda To Malign China
Mulan, which has already been released on Disney’s streaming service in whereas markets due to the Coronavirus outbreak, is now expected to go through further hurdles after many major media outlets were instructed by Chinese authorities to not cover its Friday release in China, which is the world’s second-largest movie market.
Europe
With Stealth F-35s, Rafale Jets & Upgraded F-16s, Greece Looks To Stun Turkey In An Aerial Combat
Amid reports of Russia offering to mediate between Greece and Turkey to diffuse escalating tensions between the two Mediterranean neighbors, experts believe that once...
Asia Pacific
Indian Army Has Occupied ‘Critical Heights’ Including Finger 4 Overlooking PLA Positions – Reports
"Indian Army has occupied heights overlooking the Chinese Army positions at Finger 4 along the Pangong Tso. These operations were carried out along with the pre-emptive actions to occupy heights near the Southern bank of Pangong Tso around August-end," a source told ANI.
South Asia
China Builds Pressure On India By Deploying 50,000 Troops, 150 Jets & Surface To Air Missiles At LAC – Reports
The border dispute between India and China took another swing with Beijing reportedly deploying 50,000 troops along with 150 fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles...
Featured
After India & Finland, Saab offers its Gripen Fighter Jets to Croatia
To replace its aging fleet of Yugoslav-era MiG-21s, Sweden has again offered Croatia a deal for 12 Gripen C/D fighters by submitting a formal...
Americas
As India Acquires Apache AH-64 Helicopters, Why Has The US Started To Dismantle Them?
In an attempt to modernize its aging fleet of Apache attack helicopters, the U.S. Army wants to depopulate hundreds of its AH-64D airframes, making...
