Korea’s two leading shipbuilders are competing against each other to obtain the order for the country’s first light aircraft carrier.

The navy is pushing to complete the project for a 30,000-ton aircraft carrier by 2033, though it did not reveal the date of open bidding for a basic design of the…

MOSCOW — The firing range of Russia’s latest Bal coastal defense missile system has doubled after the trials of its new missile that is capable of striking ground targets in addition to warships, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS on Tuesday.

“The trials of the new missile of t…

KUALA LUMPUR — Six companies are understood to have submitted bids to supply 18 light combat aircraft (LCA) to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in a tender that closed last week, sources say.

While the details were not readily available, the contract for one squadron (18 planes) of LCA is s…

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Tuesday its naval forces had detected and blocked an Indian submarine from entering Pakistani territorial waters.

A military statement alleged the incident took place last Saturday.

“It is the third incident of its kind wherein an Indian Naval Submarine has been pre…

Right after China and Russia wrapped up a joint naval exercise in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, 10 powerful warships from the two countries switched to the next mission and sailed through the Tsugaru Strait into the Pacific Ocean on Monday in their first joint maritime patrol, which experts said on Tu…

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday that it had test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine, in its first such underwater test-launch in two years and one it says will bolster its military’s undersea capabilities.

The test Tuesday was the fifth round of missile l…