SEOUL — Defense Minister Suh Wook plans to visit France and Norway for talks with senior officials there on bilateral defense cooperation, his ministry said Saturday.

On Sunday, Suh will travel to France for a two-day visit and hold a high-level meeting with Florence Parly, his French counter…

MOSCOW — A Virginia-class submarine belonging to the US Navy was spotted in Russia’s territorial waters near the Kurils by Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft and one of the Pacific Fleet submarines during a planned exercise on locating a submarine of a hypothetical enemy, a source close to the naval …

Copenhagen’s defence deal with the US has been described as similar to the one previously concluded with Norway. Among others, it would allow the US to use Norwegian military bases at will and bring in own equipment without necessarily informing the authorities. Denmark has so far only emphasised …

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently signed an order promulgating a set of regulations on the testing and assessment of military equipment, which stressed efficient, combat-oriented tests under the development trend of informatization and intelli…

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has approved a proposal to procure ammunition for a heavy rocket launcher system from the United States. The Ministerial Finance Committee supported the procurement in its session on 10 February 2022.

The procurement from the United States will provide the De…

TEHRAN — The Iranian defense ministry in a ceremony unveiled two home-made state-of-the-art and sophisticated drones.

The achievements of Aviation Industries Organization of the defense ministry in building drones were unveiled on Saturday in the presence of Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier…