Yearly Archives: 2023
Expert Reviews
India’s Role In ASEAN DMM Plus Grows; To Co-Chair Counter-Terror Working Group To ‘Secure’ Indo-Pacific
OPED by Ambassador Gurjit Singh (Retired)
The Xi-Biden Summit finally occurred on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in San Francisco. This tended to ease...
Europe
German Bone In Turkish Kebab! Turkey Eyes 40 Eurofighter Typhoons But Berlin Could Block The Deal
Turkey's announcement of its plans to purchase 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets may face obstacles due to the program's collaborative nature. Germany, in particular, is...
Americas
US Integrates The Iconic PAC-3 Patriot Missile System With LTAMDS Radar To ‘Deflate’ Air-Breathing Threats
To protect against an air-breathing threat (ABT), Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3) successfully integrated with the Lower Tier Air and Missile...
Asia Pacific
Bangladesh Becomes 2nd Country To Benefit From Japan’s Defense Aid Program; Set To Acquire Naval Patrol Boats – Reports
Bangladesh will soon receive naval patrol boats through Japanese funding, becoming the second beneficiary of Tokyo’s new defense aid program to counter China’s growing...
Asia Pacific
China Newest 10,000-Ton Type-55 Warship ‘Zunyi’ Flexes Muscles In SCS; Experts Compare It To US Aegis-Class Destroyers
A 10,000-ton-class large destroyer recently commissioned into the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in 2023 participated in a combat-oriented exercise in the South...
Asia Pacific
Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: How China’s Vicious ‘Debt Trap’ Under $25 Billion CPEC Loan Has Ruined Its Economy
Pakistan is a country of economic ruin. It is awaiting a monumental financial default without long overdue structural reforms sought by global creditors such...
EurAsian Region
Russia Flaunts Its ‘Unique’ Armored Train Armed With Mortars, Anti-Aircraft Guns, IFVs, Drones & Soldiers – Watch
Russia has fully unveiled its secretive armored train, packed with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), mortars, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), and a heavily armed platoon...
Americas
Russia Says Its Borei-Class Submarines ‘Outrange’ US Navy’s Virginia & Ohio-Class SSBNs By 100 Kms
Amid increasing tensions between the US-led West and Russia, notable advancements related to Russia's Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle and Borei-class submarines have come to...
Americas
US Calls Chinese ASAT Missiles ‘Biggest Threat’ To The Country; Says Poses ‘Double Trouble’ In Space
As the Space Force approaches its fourth birthday, Chief of Space Operations General Bradley Chance Saltzman identified one of its biggest threats - China's...
EurAsian Region
Russia ‘Bans’ Export Of ‘Most Dreaded’ Lancet Suicide Drones Due To Surging Use During Ukraine War
Despite significant global interest in Russia's Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the country is holding back on exporting this highly acclaimed drone, citing its...
EurAsian Region
Once Pride Of India, Russia Scraps ‘INS Chakra’ Nuclear Submarine; Navy Goes ‘1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back’
The Russian Navy is set to dismantle the damaged Project 971U "Shchuka-B" SSN (nuclear-powered submarine) leased to the Indian Navy (IN) as INS Chakra,...
South Asia
Indian Navy’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier – INS Vikrant – Achieves Full Operational Status; India Joins ‘Elite Club’ Of Nations
As the entire country was washed with the glow of millions of earthen lamps lit up to celebrate Diwali, the Indian Navy achieved an...
EurAsian Region
Rival To HIMARS & Developed With Chinese Help, Belarus Receives 1st Set Of Polonez-M MLRS
The first batch of the Polonez-M multiple-launch rocket system, positioned as a rival to the American HIMARS system and reportedly developed in collaboration with...
Expert Reviews
Iran’s & Qatar’s ‘Enabling Role’ In Hamas Attack On Israel Complicates West Asian Politics: OPED
Of all the countries overtly or covertly involved in the Israel-Hamas war, Iran and Russia stand out as much humiliated. They have had to...
EurAsian Region
Russia’s ‘Invincible’ Su-35 Flanker-E Fighter Continues To ‘Bite The Dust’; List Of ‘Disinterested’ Nations Swell
At the opening of the ongoing Dubai Air Show, the crewmen of the Russian Knights aerobatic team demonstrated aerial stunts and supermaneuverable capabilities of...
Asia Pacific
China’s 2nd Naval Base After Djibouti ‘Expands’; To Ensure Swift Deployment Of PLA-Navy Warships In SCS, Taiwan Strait?
China's first naval facility in mainland Southeast Asia will be much larger and have more military facilities than previously known. The maritime facility at...
EurAsian Region
After Igla-S Deal, Russia Keen To Supply Light ‘Mountain’ Tanks, Infantry Fighting Vehicles To India
Russia's state-owned arms company, Rosoboronexport, has announced it is all set to join the bidding process for supplying light tanks and the Future Infantry...
Americas
Trouble For US Nuclear Ballistic Missile Sites As They Face Turbulent Obstruction From ‘Monstrous Blades’
The US Air Force's underground nuclear missile silos that hold intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) are facing another problem -- large wind turbines. This trouble...
Americas
Ukraine’s Honeymoon With US Over! West Tired Of Zelensky’s Repeated Demand For Money & Weapons?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s reluctance to get a fresh mandate by postponing the country’s scheduled presidential elections, slated for next March, is likely to...
Americas
1st Time Ever, F-22 Raptors Get Refueled By Commercial Tanker; Here Is Why It’s A Big Deal For USAF
The United States Air Force has announced that it has achieved a key milestone by performing the first in-flight refueling of fighter jets --...
