Amidst tensions with Vietnam, China has announced a new military exercise beginning July 1 off Xisha Islands, internationally known as Parcel Islands in the South China Sea. “Military exercises will be held in waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea from Wednesday to July 5,” a notice released...
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Egyptian F-16 fighter jets and United Arab Emirates Airbus A330-243MRTT tankers have reportedly been spotted flying over Libyan skies on Monday. “Just heard a report on Egypt Air Force's F-16C/D fighter jets supported by UAE Air Force's Airbus A330-243MRTT Tankers are flying in Libya's airspace now,” Babak Taghvaee, a military expert...
The USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz strike groups commenced dual carrier flight operations in the Philippine Sea today in an exercise that appears aimed at demonstrating US muscle to China. Rear Adm
The Indian Air Force (IAF) appears to have deployed Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters in Ladakh as tensions between two Asian powers- China and India- escalate, images from ANI show. IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria is said to have visited Leh (largest town in Ladakh) and Srinagar on June 17-18 to review...
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) intensified military exercises including high altitude tank drills and nighttime parachute infiltration in Tibet bordering Indias Ladakh region, following the fatal clash between Chinese and India soldiers in the Galwan Valley. These PLA drills show that its forces stationed in border regions have high combat capability, and that the PLA can crush any aggression with land-air integrated joint operations, the Semi-official Global Times said today quoting ‘military experts
Contingents from India and China will participate in the 75th Russian Victory Day Parade to be held on June 24. India will send a contingent of 75 personnel from its three armed forces to Moscow to participate in Russia's 75th World War II Victory Day parade on June 24, the Indian MoD said on Wednesday
While admitting to casualties on its side during a clash with Indian soldiers in the Galwan valley on June 15, the Chinese government has not provided any information on the number or type of casualties suffered by its Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers. India has released information on the loss of life of 20 of its soldiers blaming the Chinese side for entering its side of the border; China has officially made no comment on the casualties among its soldiers leading to a huge information vacuum which have caused rumors about the number of Chinese dead and injured
A team consisting of university experts from Canada and the United Kingdom have created “Metal-organic framework (MOF)-containing polymer sponge” that can absorb lethal chemical warfare agents. Dr Simon Holder, Reader in Organic Chemistry at the University of Kent (UK) and Dr Barry Blight, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick (Canada), have developed a new method for containing and deactivating neurotoxic chemicals like VX and sarin
In addition to the confirmation of 3 Indian soldiers killed in border clash with a Chinese patrol, the Indian Army has confirmed the deaths of 17 other soldiers who were injured in the clash but later succumbed to their injuries. “Indian and Chinese troops have disengaged at the Galwan area where they had earlier clashed on the night of 15/16 June 2020
North Korean soldiers blew up an inter-Korean liaison office in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong as retribution against North Korean defectors running a leaflet campaign at the border. The South Korean ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs said in a brief statement that the DPRK blew up the Kaesong joint liaison office at 2:49 p
In a tussle that ensued between the Indian and Chinese forces in Galwan Valley on Monday night, a Colonel-rank Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed. “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties on both sides