Yearly Archives: 2023
Americas
Japan ‘Dumps’ US To Develop 6th-Gen Aircraft With Italy & UK; Why Is Washington Not Really Bothered With The Snub?
OPED By AMB Gurjit Singh
The Prime Ministers of Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom, in a joint statement on December 9, announced the...
Expert Reviews
India’s World-Beating Akash And Very Short-Range Air Defense Missiles Are Owner’s Pride, Other’s Envy
India's Ministry of Defense on March 30 signed a contract worth INR8,160 crore (US$1 billion) with state-run missile maker Bharat Dynamics Limited for two...
Americas
‘Raining Down’ Missiles On Chinese Boats, Taiwan Seeks FGM-148 Javelin MANPADS That Ukraine Used To Deflate Russian Tanks
Taiwan is looking at the US-made FGM-148 Javelin portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) for being able to hit People's Liberation Army (PLA) armored vehicles...
South Asia
China Shadow Hovers Over Bhutan As King Namgyel Leans Towards Largest Trading Partner India
Conjectures can provide pointers but never conclusions. However, these suppositions can reveal more than what it hides in bilateral ties.
With Bhutan’s King Jigme...
Expert Reviews
China Says ‘Indian Ocean Is Not India’s Ocean’; Is It Time To ‘Heavily Militarize’ Andaman-Nicobar Islands & Thwart PLA’s Evil Design?
A look at the globe or the World map shows the Indian subcontinent as a small entity embedded by colossal water bodies in the...
Americas
Taiwan ‘Counter Attacks’ China After Beijing ‘Steals’ Another Of Its Ally In S.America; Battle On For ‘Tiny’ Micronesia
Communist China has always been pursuing "checkbook diplomacy," offering countries cash or loans, or development funds to switch allegiances and gain diplomatic leverage. Therefore,...
Asia Pacific
China’s 1st Military Base In Indo-Pacific Likely Being Developed; Beijing Could Get Its 2nd Facility After Djibouti
Cambodia announced its plans last week to build an air defense station and expand a radar system at Ream National Park. The proposed site...
Americas
F-35B Pilot Cheats Death & Ejects Seconds Before The Stealth Fighter Crashes. BBC Recalls The ‘Scary’ Incident
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, arguably the world's most advanced combat air assets, remain in the limelight owing to one controversy...
Americas
US Unveils “Super Stealth” BOLT Technology On 1st April Which Makes F-35 Jet Completely Invisible Except Its Pilot
Twitter handles have come up with the quirkiest posts on popular defense equipment, spinning satirical information on submarines and fighter jets.
Most importantly, the comical...
EurAsian Region
Buddy To Leopard Tanks, Meet The ‘Mighty’ Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicle That Will Lead Ukraine’s Attack
German Leopard-2 tanks, just like other western tanks being provided to Ukraine, have received a lot of media coverage. However, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV)...
EurAsian Region
Ukraine War: Why Russian ‘Precision Strikes’ On Ukrainian Military Infra Are Failing To Hit The Bulls Eye
Russia has reportedly been facing challenges in carrying out precision missile attacks in the ongoing war with Ukraine due to the poor performance of...
Americas
Ukraine ‘Batters & Shatters’ Russian Military With Fighter Jet Launched JDAM Bombs; Kyiv Hails It For Its ‘Deadly Accuracy’
The Ukrainian military has confirmed that they have begun employing the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) air-launched precision-guided weapon supplied by the United States...
Asia Pacific
J-10 Fighter: How Borrowed Tech From Russia & Israel Revolutionized China’s Combat Aviation Sector
China put out a video montage of the Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon in March to mark the 25 years of service of the most...
Americas
Russian S-300 ‘Deceiving’ F-35 Fighters As US Stealth Jets ‘Hunt’ For Kremlin’s Defense Systems – USAF Commander
Since the early months of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters have been patrolling the airspace over NATO's eastern flank....
Americas
F-35 Stealth Fighters Only 53% Ready For China War; Its Combat Operations Hindered By ‘F135’ Issues
The F-35 fighter jet is increasingly being in the Indo-Pacific region to deter the Chinese military. However, engine-related problems are throwing a spanner in...
Asia Pacific
Japan Unleashes ‘Laser Weapons’ To Counter Hostile UAVs; China Flashes Naval Variant Of WZ-7 Drone
As tensions continue to soar in the Indo-Pacific region, China unveiled a naval version of the Guizhou WZ-7 "Soaring Dragon" High Altitude Long Endurance...
EurAsian Region
Russian Artillery ‘Losing Its Fizz’; Ukraine Decimates Moscow’s Force Multiplier Zoopark-1M Counter-Battery Radars
The Russian military seems to have lost several hard-to-replace counter-battery radar systems that have been instrumental in locating and destroying Ukrainian artillery units, according...
EurAsian Region
2nd Kill For Suicide Drone! Russian Kamikaze UAV ‘Downs’ Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 Fighter Jet, Pilot Killed
An Iranian-origin kamikaze drone has reportedly taken down a Ukrainian air force's Sukhoi Su-27 fighter, killing the pilot.
The Su-27 and its pilot are...
EurAsian Region
Tu-22M3 Bomber: Russian FSB Foils Attempt By Ukraine To ‘Seize’ Its Aircraft Involved In Long-Range Attacks
A recent report has claimed that Ukrainian intelligence operatives tried to persuade a Russian pilot, trained initially to fly Tupolev Tu-160 and involved in...
Americas
US Army ‘Follows’ Saddam Hussein’s Footsteps To Develop ‘Supergun’ Artillery Capable Of Long-Range Strikes
The US Army is working on a program to develop a new artillery round that can strike targets much farther than even some missiles....