Yearly Archive: 2020

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday expelled a US warship that trespassed into Chinese territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, and the US operation amid the COVID-19 pandemic showed the US is the source that sabotages peace and stability in the South China…

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kuwait of eighty-four (84) Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancements (MSEs) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $800 million.

The Defense…

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio — Through a partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Special Operations Command successfully released simulated palletized munitions in three airdrops at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, Jan. 28 from an MC-130J Commando II, a multi-mission, combat, t…

SEOUL — South Korea is set to begin basic designing of an indigenous Aegis-equipped destroyer in a move to enhance the Navy’s defense capabilities, the arms procurement agency said Friday.

In 2018, the government decided on the Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) project to locally build 6,0…

An album depicts some photos showing delivery of more than 100 vessels in various classes to the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base in Bandar Abbas on Thursday, in the presence of Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and the IRGC Commander Hossein Salami.

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Can the United Kingdom sustain its Continuous At-Sea Deterrence? After 50 years of unbroken CASD, reports of technical problems with the Royal Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines, as well as COVID-19-related challenges, have added to concern that this continuous at-sea prese…