Yearly Archive: 2022

TOKYO — Japan is in discussions to have British aerospace and defense contractor BAE Systems join development of a next-generation fighter jet that the government aims to deploy in 2035.

Japan and the U.K. have already decided to collaborate on engine parts and aim to hammer out the specifics o…

In Russia, covert mobilization continues at the state level. In the Belgorod and Rostov oblasts, new units of the occupying forces are being formed and sent to the territory of Ukraine on the basis of conscripts and mobilization resources.

However, the use of such troops is largely ineffective. T…

BERLIN — Germany is considering supplying IRIS-T SLM medium range surface-to-air defence systems to Ukraine, a security source said on Friday.

German daily Bild had reported earlier that the German cabinet’s security council was discussing the matter, and that IRIS-T SLM systems, made by privat…

WASHINGTON — The US intelligence community is carrying out a sweeping internal review of how it assesses the fighting power of foreign militaries amid mounting pressure from key lawmakers on Capitol Hill who say officials have failed twice in one year on the two major foreign policy crises faced b…

Defence is aware of a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Intelligence Collection Vessel operating off the north-west shelf of Australia.

Defence can confirm the vessel is a PLA-N, Dongdiao Class Auxiliary Intelligence ship named Haiwangxing.

The Haiwangxing travelled down the west coast of …

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s second Type 055 large destroyer, the Lhasa, recently passed a full-course training assessment that comprehensively tested the vessel’s air defense, maritime attack and anti-submarine capabilities in mock battles, with experts saying on Sunday that th…