Monthly Archives: January, 2022
Americas
Desperate Saudi Arabia Urges Neighbours For Interceptor Missiles As Riyadh Awaits US Approval For Patriot Sales
Saudi Arabia has requested its neighbors for interceptor missiles as it struggles to fend off Houthi attacks, pending US approval of Patriot missile sales,...
Americas
After Hypersonic Airliner, Boeing Now Showcases Reusable ‘Air-Breathing’ Design Ideal For Space Launch Roles
US aerospace giant Boeing has unveiled a model of what is believed to be a reusable hypersonic aircraft. Although coming as a surprise, it...
Americas
Chinese Space Station: Why US Remains ‘Highly Apprehensive’ Of Tiangong & Fears Ceding Military Edge To Beijing
China has announced that its space station, which will provide a bird's-eye view of Earth and one that is widely seen as a vital...
Americas
UK Joins The Hypersonic Bandwagon; Pledges Billions Of Pounds Amid Chinese, Russian ‘Muscle Flexing’
The world has been witnessing a hypersonic weapons race with major powers such as Russia, China and the US each throwing their hat in...
Asia Pacific
Japan-Australia Defense Partnership To Give A Significant Boost To Larger QUAD Strategy Against ‘Notorious’ China
By Amb. Gurjit Singh
In a cold start to 2022, Japan has bolstered its strategic partnership with two Quad members, Australia and the USA. The...
Asia Pacific
China’s Engineering Marvel: Country’s ‘Stunning Lake Tunnel’ – The Longest In China – Opens For Traffic
China has recently opened the country's longest underwater tunnel. The 10.79-km Taihu tunnel beneath Lake Taihu in eastern China's Jiangsu Province took four years...
Americas
World’s ‘Stealthiest’ Air Force: Post F-16 Phaseout, Will This NATO Member Become The First Country To Fully Rely On F-35 Jets?
The number of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth aircraft in European air forces is steadily increasing, giving NATO an advantage over Russia.
Leading the...
Americas
F-35 Fighters: US, Turkey To Negotiate Possible Reacquisition Of World’s ‘Most Powerful’ Stealth Jets
Turkish and US officials will meet to discuss F-35 jets in the nearest future, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday, adding that...
Americas
US Approves Sale Of MQ-9 Reaper Drone Parts To France; India Still Keenly Awaiting Lethal UAVs For Its Military
Even as India keenly awaits the sale of MQ-9 Reaper drones from its strategic partner, the United States, the latter has approved the supply...
Asia Pacific
US, Japan Pledge To ‘Deflate’ China’s Military Might; Beijing Says Washington & Tokyo Ganging Up Against China
The US and Japan held a Security Consultative Committee “2+2” meeting on January 7. In the joint statement, both sides raised strong concerns about...
Americas
US Military Journal Suggests Taiwan Should Destroy Its Semiconductor Industry To Deter Chinese Invasion Plan
A new deterrence strategy proposed by American scholars has turned the argument of Chinese plans to invade Taiwan on its head.
A paper, titled ‘Broken...
Americas
US’ ‘Most Critical’ Military Base To Counter China Hosts Mega War Drills As QUAD+ Nations Look To Contain Beijing
The US' strategic military base at Guam has of late witnessed hectic activity in view of rising tensions with China. The ongoing multinational war...
Americas
China ‘Mocks’ US Hypersonic Tech With New Wind Tunnel ‘Success’; Experts Decode Beijing’s Next-Gen Weapons Program
China has made significant strides in the testing and development of hypersonic technology. After it fired a hypersonic missile that circled the globe and...
Expert Reviews
India Achieves ‘Key Milestone’ With Fighter Jet Trainer Aircraft; Indian, Foreign Air Forces Could Be Potential Buyers – Expert
The HAL Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), which was developed for stage-II training of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots, recently displayed its capability to perform...
Asia Pacific
Myanmar Junta’s ‘Secret Deal’ With Indian Rebels Could Seriously Damage Bilateral Security Ties With New Delhi
India’s rather cozy relations with Myanmar’s junta regime, which many analysts have labeled as a strategic move to counter China in its neighborhood, may...
Americas
How F-22 Raptor, F-35 Jet Developers Planned To Oudo Boeing 747, Airbus A380 With Giant Multi-Purpose VLST Aircraft
Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the most sophisticated US military jet, including F-35 and F-22 Raptor, once attempted to make a splash in the...
Asia Pacific
Morocco Builds A New Air Defense Base That May House Chinese, American & Israeli Defense Systems — Reports
Morocco has reportedly built a new military facility near its capital, Rabat. Satellite images confirming its existence have surfaced online.
Satellite images taken earlier this...
EurAsian Region
Submarine Collision: UK Confirms Russian Submarine Collided With British Warship In 2020, A ‘First Since Cold War’
A Russian submarine collided with a towed sonar array connected to the Royal Navy frigate HMS Northumberland during a patrol in 2020, the UK...
Expert Reviews
India Welcomes Five Nuclear Powers’ Pledge To Avoid Nuclear War As Stage Set For Easing Tensions In Europe
An unprecedented declaration by the five nuclear-armed states never to use nuclear weapons sets the diplomatic stage for security talks between Russia, the US...
Americas
North Korea’s Nuclear-Tipped Hypersonic Missiles Could Bypass THAAD Systems; Create Havoc In Japan, S.Korea – Analysts
North Korea’s overall military capabilities and its development of nuclear warheads have been a talking point for years now. However, its latest claim of...