Monthly Archives: February, 2022
Asia Pacific
$90B Submarine Project: Australian Defense Officials Remain In France To Wind Down Sub Deal Sunk By AUKUS Pact
Last year, France received a massive setback when Australia junked the 'Attack-class' submarine project with Paris and signed the AUKUS pact with the US...
Asia Pacific
Xi Jinping Adds More ‘Firepower’ To Chinese PLA; Approves New Amendments To Allow Direct Role In Weapons Development
Last year, the Chinese President and Chairman of its Central Military Commission (CMC) - Xi Jinping exhorted the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to maintain...
Americas
US Scrambles F-22 Raptors To Intercept A High-Altitude ‘Threat’ Amid High-Octane Confrontation With Russia
Amid all the tensions in Ukraine with Russia, the US Air Force scrambled its F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to identify an object floating...
Americas
Decoding The Russian Invasion Threat: Why ‘Joe Biden’s War In Ukraine’ Might Not Have Its Desired Impact On Putin
As the crisis over Ukraine continues to hog the headlines, two facets are becoming clearer. For one, more than Russian President Vladimir Putin, it...
Americas
Losing Tech War To China? After Hypersonic Missiles, Ex-Google CEO Says US Far Behind In Another Critical Technology
The United States is lagging behind China in the research and development of hypersonic weapons technology. Top American military officers and defense industry leaders...
Asia Pacific
China’s 2nd Stealth Fighter Jet After J-20 Looks To ‘Checkmate’ US F-35, Russian Su-75 With New Marketing Strategy
China's FC-31 stealth fighter jet is still in its nascent stage, but the country is striving to make this warplane a success. In an effort...
Asia Pacific
China To Set Up A Massive Missile Facility In Bangladesh As Beijing Continues To Encircle India, Arm Neighbours
South Asia is witnessing a great power competition between China and India. As Beijing seeks to expand its presence in the region with its...
Americas
‘To Counter The Most Modern Russian T-14 Armata Tanks’, US To Sell 250 M1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks To Poland
Even as the situation in Eastern Europe continues to remain volatile owing to the Ukraine crisis, the US State Department has approved a $6-billion...
Americas
US Navy Brings India’s ‘Closest Ally’, ‘Fiercest Rival’ Together For Major Maritime Drills Under IMX 2022
Israel established official ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain under the 2020 Abraham Accords. However, many other Middle-Eastern countries as well...
Americas
Russian Su-35, US F-16 Fighters ‘Fight It Out’ Amid Ukrainian Crisis; Escort Each Other’s Recon Planes As War Looms Large
The United States and Russia remain locked in a war of words over the Ukraine crisis. Even as the Russian Defense Ministry published a...
Americas
Challenging F-35 Stealth Jets, Chinese J-10C Fighters ‘The Next Best Option’ If US Refuses To Sell Its Top Warplanes To Thailand?
A pair of F-35 fighter jets from the United States is put on display at the Singapore Airshow this week, vying for potential clients...
Asia Pacific
Countering PLAAF Warplanes, Taiwan Reveals Its New BVR Missiles Similar To One Used By Typhoon, Rafale Jets — Report
Amid increasing Chinese aerial incursions and threats of reunification, Taiwan appears to be working on a new beyond-visual-range air-to-air weapon that looks similar to...
South Asia
IAF Pilot Heaps Praises On ‘Make-In-India Mascot’ Tejas Jets While BHEL Adds More Indigenous Tech To 4.5-Gen Aircraft
The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and its upcoming variants have put India in the elite group of countries, which have designed and manufactured...
Asia Pacific
Turkey Displays Its Fifth-Gen Stealth Fighter Jet At Singapore Air Show; Looks For Customers, Partners In Asia
Turkey’s fifth-generation stealth fighter, TF-X, is likely to make its first flight in the next three years. A regional military power, Ankara desperately needs...
Americas
Upset By ‘Politically Influenced’ F-35 Deal, SAAB Pins Hopes On ‘Impartial’ Canada For Gripen Fighter Jet Contract
Finland's decision to acquire the US-made F-35 stealth fighter seems to have upset Saab, the maker of the Gripen jet. However, its chief executive...
EurAsian Region
Pontoon Bridge Via ‘World’s Most Radioactive Contaminated Area’ Gives A New Twist To ‘Russian Invasion’ Theory
The Russian Defense Ministry recently released a video claiming its troops were being withdrawn from Crimea and they were returning to base. However, the...
Asia Pacific
India’s LCA Tejas Steals The ‘Thunder’ As Sino-Pak JF-17 Jet Takes A Back Seat At Singapore Air Show
The Indian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) -- Tejas demonstrated 'exceptional flying capabilities' once again, this time at the Singapore Air Show 2022, which began...
Expert Reviews
Rapid Action Battalion: Bangladesh To Challenge US Sanctions On ‘Trigger-Happy’ Anti-Terror Force Linked To Over 600 Killings
Bangladesh’s elite security force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), has been a source of global embarrassment for the Sheikh Hasina government in recent years....
Asia Pacific
Strangling Like A Python, China Says Its Powerful ‘Robotic Snake’ Can Crush Enemy Satellites Like Never Before
Some of China's claims about its space and defense technologies sound very unreal but may not really be impossible to implement. China's newest claim...
Americas
US, UK Sign Cooperation Pact On ‘Future Vertical Lift’ Program; Bell, Lockheed In The Race For FVL Deal
The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) inked an agreement to ensure cooperation on future vertical lift (FVL) programs.Â
"Under the arrangement signed...
