Monthly Archives: August, 2021
South Asia
Not Leaving Afghanistan: Spymaster VP Amrullah Saleh Refuses To Back-Down To Pakistan-Sponsored Taliban
Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Monday that he was remaining in the country despite the seizure of Kabul by the Taliban...
South Asia
Kabul Airport Resumes Commercial Flights While Taliban Takes Full Control Of Afghanistan – Pentagon
The international airport of Kabul has resumed commercial flights suspended over the seizure of the city by the Taliban Islamist movement, Pentagon spokesperson John...
South Asia
NATO Helps To Keep Kabul Airport Open To Facilitate Evacuations – Stoltenberg
NATO helps maintain Kabul airport operation to keep Afghanistan in touch with the outside world, the alliance spokesman told Sputnik on Sunday.
https://eurasiantimes.com/as-taliban-seizes-power-china-poised-to-make-big-gains-in-afghanistan/
“NATO is constantly...
Americas
Dogfighting, Stealth Jets Could Become Obsolete As US, China Look To Arm Their Fighter Jets With ‘New-Age Weapons’
The US and its principal adversary China are competing with each other in arming their future fighter jets with new-age weapons. US defense giant...
Americas
From B-52 Bombers To Fleeing Chinooks: US Begins Evacuating Its Diplomats As Taliban Storms Kabul
The US has started evacuating its diplomats and staff from its embassy in Kabul as the Taliban has started to storm the Afghan capital.
"We...
Expert Reviews
India Close To Inducting Its Latest Tejas MK-1A Jets; Can It Beat Pakistani JF-17 In Air Combat & Exports?
India's homegrown Tejas MK-1A is likely to take its first flight test early next year, chairman of the state-run aerospace company HAL, R Madhavan...
Expert Reviews
Indian Operatives In Afghanistan: Will Modi Govt Protect Its Allies & Investments As Taliban Closing In On Kabul?
As the Taliban seizes key provinces and is close to capturing the Afghan capital Kabul, questions are being raised whether India's $3 billion investments...
Americas
‘Mid-Air Collision’: Canadian Air Force Globemaster Averts Running Into A ‘Bright Green UFO’
The pilot of a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) plane reportedly sighted a mysterious object in the sky last month. The aircraft, a CC-177...
Americas
Setback For World’s Biggest Defense Firm Lockheed Martin As Japan Offloads Its ‘Mighty Missiles’ From Its Fighter Jets
The Japanese Defense Ministry has said the country's F-15J upgrade program will proceed without the Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), according to...
Asia Pacific
Asian F-35: South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Hogs Global Limelight After Key Partner Rejoins Program
Indonesia has reaffirmed its commitment to the South Korea-led KAI KF-21 fighter jet program, which promises to offer a cheaper alternative to the US'...
Expert Reviews
Line Of No Control: Not The Ladakh Border, India Remains Most Vulnerable To China In Cyber Domain
Analysis By: Ria Deval
India’s tensions with China extend far beyond the Line of Actual Control (LAC). One source of tension often overlooked exists inside the...
Americas
Canada Confirms Special Ops Deployment In Afghanistan; Will Resettle 20,000 Vulnerable Afghan Citizens
Canada will resettle up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghan nationals including female activists and journalists and also as the Taliban terror group advances in its...
Americas
China Mission Center: US Spy Agency CIA To Revive A Cold War-Era Strategy To Keep An Eye On China
Taking a cue from its Cold War-era strategy, the US spy agency CIA has proposed an independent "Mission Centre for China” in its bid...
Americas
Japan Developing An ‘Invincible’ Fighter Jet By Merging Capabilities Of Both F-22 Raptor & F-35 Lightning II
Japan is one of the biggest buyers of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets. However, the world's "most advanced" combat jet has...
South Asia
In A Daring Operation In Afghanistan, India Airlifts Its Engineers From Taliban-Controlled Area – Reports
In a daring operation in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the Indian Embassy in Kabul said that three of its engineers had been airlifted from a dam...
Expert Reviews
DRDO Successfully Tests Missile Engine Technology; Experts Say Will Boost India’s Military Drone Capability
India's successfully tested the Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile, powered by an indigenous engine, for a range of 150 kilometers off the coast of Odisha...
Asia Pacific
As Taliban Seizes Power, China Poised To Make ‘Big Gains’ In Afghanistan
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is gathering pace, with more and more provincial capitals of the country falling under its control in quick succession.
https://eurasiantimes.com/us-predicts-kabul-could-fall-within-1-3-months-to-afghan-taliban-washington-post/
And...
South Asia
Taliban Seizes City Of Herat & Kandahar; US Says Committed To Afghanistan’s Security — Reports
The Taliban have seized two major Afghan cities, the country’s second and third-largest city after Kabul - Kandahar and Herat and now possibly heading...
Americas
US Lures India With ‘Hybrid’ F-21 Fighter Jet That Boasts Capabilities Of Both F-35 & F-22 Raptor
US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, which is eying a fighter jet deal with the Indian Air Force (IAF), is open to setting up a...
EurAsian Region
T-14 Armata: Russia To Induct Its ‘Most-Capable’ Tanks By Year-End; Eyes Potential Customers In Asia, M. East
Russia has announced the induction of 20 T-14 Armata tanks into the country's armed forces by the end of the year. Armata's potential customers...
