Yearly Archives: 2022
EurAsian Region
Finland Wants Its F-35 Stealth Fighters ASAP Before Tensions With Russia Escalate – PM Sanna Marin
Finland had decided to acquire 64 fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets for its national air force from the United States before tensions escalate with Russia...
Asia Pacific
China Could Equip Pakistan With Hypersonic DF-17 Missiles To Neutralize India’s ‘Game-Changing’ S-400 Defense System – Experts
China has been arming the Pakistani military with its top-of-the-line weapons in a bid to contain India. Beijing has aided Islamabad with fighter aircraft,...
Asia Pacific
China’s ‘South Tibet’ Claim: Why Its Army Faces Serious Allegations Of Land-Grab, Abductions In India’s Arunachal
A tweet by India’s Member of Parliament (MP) from Arunachal Pradesh, Tapir Gaon, alleging that a 17-year-old boy was abducted by the Chinese PLA...
Asia Pacific
Exhausting Japanese Air Force, Chinese, Russian Incursions Forced Tokyo To Scramble Its Fighters Over 700 Times In 9 Months
As Taiwan continues its efforts to fend off Chinese warplanes violating its airspace, there is another country in the Indo-Pacific that has been facing...
India-Pakistan News
Pakistan Navy Inducts ‘Biggest-Ever’ Chinese Warship That Experts Claim Has ‘World-Class Stealth Capabilities’
Pakistan has been working relentlessly to boost the capabilities of its Navy. The PNS Tughril is the lead ship of the Type 054-A/P frigate,...
Americas
China Blames US Military For F-35 Fighter Jet Accident; Will Beijing Help US Navy In Locating Its ‘Stealth Wealth’?
A US Navy F-35C operating from the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier had an accident earlier this week and fell into the South China Sea....
Asia Pacific
Australia Accelerates Hypersonic Weapons Development Amid Growing China Concerns; Opens New Research Center In Brisbane
Australia has opened a new research center at Eagle Farm in Brisbane to support the research and development of hypersonic weapons.
The Australian Hypersonic Research...
Europe
$8.7B Eurofighter Typhoon Deal ‘Under Scanner’ As Corruption Charges Levelled Against Top Officials By Kuwaiti Govt
The Kuwaiti government said it had recommended the names of two senior military officers for prosecution in a major corruption case pertaining to the...
EurAsian Region
After S-400 Missiles, Russia Deploys Its ‘Most Powerful’ Dogfighter To Belarus Amid Escalating Tensions With NATO
As fears about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine loom large, Moscow has raised the stakes by deciding to launch massive drills with its...
Expert Reviews
Blocked! Is Indian Defense Ministry Planning To Cancel Foreign Military Acquisition Projects For ‘Make In India’ Initiative?
By Amit Cowshish
There is a buzz in the defense industry circles that the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) may cancel the ongoing "Buy (Global)"...
Asia Pacific
China Goes ‘Ballistic’ In Its Hypersonic Weapons Program; Tests New Engine That Could Power Its Mach-5 Aircraft
China is reportedly developing and testing its hypersonic technology at a rapid pace. The communist nation created ripples across the world when it launched...
Asia Pacific
Rafale Fighters: Dassault Aviation On-Course To Grab Another Massive Deal As Indonesia Awaits ‘Contract Activation’ — Minister
Indonesia is moving ahead with its plan to procure 36 Rafale multirole fighter aircraft, Janes reported. Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto told reporters on...
Americas
Lockheed Martin’s ‘Monopolistic Takeover’ Of Aerojet Rocketdyne To Be Challenged By US Trade Watchdog
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday it will challenge in court Lockheed Martin's attempt to acquire the last independent missile propulsion...
Americas
F-22 Raptor Dogfights China’s ‘Mighty Dragon’ J-20 Stealth Fighter Jet In A Breathtaking Virtual Battle
China's prized possession, the J-20 stealth fighter jet, was once pitted against an F-22 Raptor, in what two US companies claim was the world's...
Americas
F-35 Crash: Another ‘Mighty’ Stealth Fighter Crashes — The Complete List Of Accidents Involving The 5th-Gen Warplanes
A US Navy F-35C had experienced a "landing incident" on the deck of the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. Seven...
Americas
Shocker For Beijing: Chinese Hypersonic Weapons Technician Working On DF-17 Missiles Defects To The West — Reports
Despite Beijing's threat of using stringent laws and harsher punishment against citizens defecting to other countries and/or spilling state secrets, quite a few Chinese...
Americas
Rival To S-400 System, American THAAD Interceptor Missile Makes Its First Operational Kill In The Gulf
As the Russian S-400 missile defense systems have been grabbing global headlines for quite some time, its US competitor THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area...
India-Pakistan News
Indian Army To Acquire 200 More K9 Vajra (Thunder) Howitzers Post Successful Deployment In Ladakh — Reports
The Indian government is expected to place an order for 200 new K-9 Vajra (Thunder) 155mm self-propelled howitzers worth over Rs 10,000 crore (approx...
Asia Pacific
China To Equip Its J-20 Fighters With Laser Weapons; Will PLAAF Stealth Jets Go ‘One-Up’ Over US, Indian Warplanes?
China's J-20 Mighty Dragon has been in the news for a week now. After night drills and the engine upgrade, there are now reports...
Americas
US Navy’s F-35C Stealth Fighter Jet Crashes On-Board USS Carl Vinson Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea
A US F-35C jet has crash-landed in the South China Sea, but the pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was evacuated by a...
