Yearly Archives: 2023
Americas
American ‘Typhon’ Hits China; Expert Warns Of Nuclear Escalation As US To Deploy LR Missiles In Indo-Pacific
Soon after the United States military officially announced that it would deploy a new ground-based missile launcher with a 2,500-kilometer firing range to the...
Americas
US, Europe Boost $45B Anti-Missile Defense Market As Russia’s Missile Attacks, Production Grows Manifold
Russia’s significant advances in missile production and the growing effectiveness of Moscow's missiles in the ongoing war in Ukraine seem to have hastened the...
EurAsian Region
China Negotiated Deal Trashed; Iran, Saudi Arabia ‘Fight It Out’ For Radicalization Of Tajikistan
After the implosion of the Soviet Union in 1991, followed by a declaration of independence by the 5+2 Central Asian States, some prominent Islamist...
Americas
Mechanical Glitch ‘Jinxes’ US Hypersonic Missile Program; Army Looks For Fix To Upend Russia, China
After a spate of failed tests that put the US ‘Dark Eagle’ hypersonic program under the scanner, a senior official recently revealed a “mechanical...
South Asia
IAF Unit Operating US Chinooks To Overhaul Grounded Fleet Of Russian-Origin Mi-26 Helos: Reports
The Indian Air Force’s unit operating the American Chinook will overhaul its fleet of Soviet-vintage Mi-26 super heavy lift helicopters. Built by Russian Helicopters,...
Middle East
Lethal Pair Of F-15 & Rafale Fighters Harass Syria’s Russia-Controlled Airspace; Reports Claim 43 Times In Just November
In signs of the civil war in Syria continuing to flicker, Russia accused the US-led coalition of violating Damascus’s airspace six times in a...
EurAsian Region
1st Time In Ukraine War, Russia Uses UGVs To Deliver Ammo, Evacuate Troops & Jam Kamikaze UAVs
In possibly the first employment of an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in war, a Russian army unit in south-central Ukraine used a tracked, remotely...
EurAsian Region
Ukraine’s Military ‘Clashes’ With Zelensky; Rumors Abound Of Top Brass Ready For Peace With Russia
Last week, news appeared on the Ukrainian website Strana that President Zelensky had ordered regional governors to “stop all communication” with the Ukrainian chief...
EurAsian Region
Russia ‘Kicks Out’ Japan, Acquires Largest Oil Field in Iraq; Major Moment In Energy Dynamics In West Asia
By Vaishali Basu Sharma
Iraq's Oil Ministry has approved the sale of Japanese oil major Inpex Corporation’s 40 percent stake in the Block 10 region...
South Asia
Ultimate ‘Military Pilot Generator’ Pilatus PC-7 Crashes In India; All You Want To Know About Swiss Jet
The Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 MKII trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Hyderabad in the south of India, killing the two...
EurAsian Region
10X Dangerous Than Other Drones, Russia ‘Fuses’ Thermobaric Warheads On Its Suicide UAVs – Reports
Some Ukrainian officials have claimed that Russia was arming its Geran-2 or the Shahed-136 kamikaze drone with a thermobaric warhead at a time when...
Americas
Boeing Ejected From US Air Force’s Contract To Develop World’s ‘Most Survivable’, Nuke-Resistant Aircraft
American aerospace and defense giant Boeing announced late last week that it is no longer in the US Air Force's competition to produce the...
Americas
US Navy’s 7th Fleet ‘Storms’ China’s Backyard Irking Beijing; British Vessels Come Under Attack In Red Sea
As tensions over the disputed Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea continue to linger, the Chinese military said on December 4 that a...
Asia Pacific
US-Led AUKUS To Deploy Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) To Counter China’s Space Weaponization
OPED By Vaishali Basu Sharma
A new landmark radar initiative will allow the US, UK, and Australia to better detect, track, and identify objects in...
Asia Pacific
China Reveals ‘World’s Longest Air-To-Air Missile’; PL-17 Missile Spotted On PLAAF’s J-16 Fighter Jet
China has reportedly revealed its longest-range air-to-air missile (AAM), the PL-17, on a J-16 fighter, putting to rest speculations about what the missile looks...
Asia Pacific
China’s PLA Plagued By 6 ‘New’ Incapabilities That Could Cause Its Eventual Downfall: Ex-Indian General
OPED by Lt Gen. PR Shankar (Retired)
Xi Jinping is betting on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to deliver the goods to China. He believes...
EurAsian Region
Russian Uses ‘Brain Impulse’ To Operate UAV; Looks To Completely Cut Electronic Command
A Russian technology and robotics company claims to have been able to control a drone with mere ‘brain impulses’ that do not involve electronic...
Asia Pacific
B-21, F-22, F-35: China Claims ‘Busting’ US Stealth Fighters; Experts Shed Light On Chinese Assertions
Chinese experts have learned through simulation that US stealth aircraft such as the B-21 Raider can be shot down by their hypersonic weapons. Thanks...
Expert Reviews
Osama, Saddam & Pannu: India Must Eliminate Terrorists That Threaten National Security Just Like US: OPED
Two months ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressing the Canadian Parliament, said that Indian officials had a hand in the killing of Khalistani leader...
Asia Pacific
‘An Aircraft US Fears’: China’s Y-20 ‘Chubby Girl’ Gets New Engine; PLAAF Gears Up For Intercon Missions
China's ambition to project power beyond the first chain of islands has been boosted as its largest multi-role tanker aircraft, Y-20U, powered by four...