A audit into the costs of building two new warships as the alternative for Aegis Ashore has found that it will cost Japan $4.8 billion. The new Maya-class destroyer already costs $1.6 billion each. The new warship will need to be lengthened, raising the tonnage. For more information, hit the Source below Source
Radm. Michael Studeman, Director for Intelligence, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, is said to have arrived in Taiwan on Nov. 22. Aircraft tracking sites showed he had arrived aboard a U.S. Air Force C-37A. For more information, hit the Source below Source
The second iteration of the trilateral military exercise SITMEX has concluded in the Andaman Sea. Hosted this year by the Republic of Singapore Navy, the warships carried out naval manoeuvres, surface warfare exercises and weapon firings. For more information, hit the Source below Source
The U.S. Air Force has decided to relocate the AC-130J Ghostrider Formal Training Unit (FTU) from Hurlburt Field, Florida to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This is done so that the Air Force Special Operations Command to realign its training mission under Air Education and Training Command and consolidate AC-130 initial and mission qualification training at Kirtland AFB. For […]
The president of Taurus Systems Korea Co. says his parent company hopes to develop a smaller, longer-range Taurus K-2 cruise missile jointly with South Korea. Christoffer Drevstad said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency that the smaller weapon is suitable for aircraft such as the F-16 and FA-50. For more information, hit the Source […]