Chinese experts say Russias activities near the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) – claimed by both China and Japan – are a ‘warning to Tokyo over its sanctions on Russia for invasion of Ukraine. Japans defense ministry said Chinese and Russian warships were spotted sailing near the disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday morning
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on June 29 rolled out a Wing Loong-2 drone designed to monitor the weather, instead of performing airstrikes. A variant of the Wing Loong 2 military reconnaissance/strike combat drone already serves the Ministry of Emergency Management with disaster assessment with onboard sensors and restoring telecommunications
Greece plans to acquire 40 F-35 jets from the United States and has placed a request for the first 20 aircraft, its Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told journalists after the NATO summit in Madrid Thursday. "Our intention is to acquire an F-35 squadron with a possible option for a second one
Turkeys Baykar said it will gift three Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to Ukraine, even as Russia claims it shot down tens of such drones in the ongoing war. Ukraine had bought more than 20 Bayraktar TB2s from Turkish company Baykar in recent years and ordered a further 16 on January 27
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Poland has agreed to sell over 50 Krab 155mm self-propelled howitzers worth $650 million (PLN 2.7 billion) to Ukraine
Finland has suggested it could buy Turkish drones, in a move that is seen as its effort to persuade Ankara to back its NATO application. Along with Sweden, Finland applied to join NATO in May in response to Russias invasion of Ukraine, but they have faced resistance from Turkey
Sweden, which along with Finland has applied to join NATO, will host the BALTOPS 22 exercise next month in a strong message to neighboring Russia. With Stockholm's NATO application, Sweden ends decades of neutrality and joins NATO at a time when the alliance focused on supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia
Finland and Sweden officially applied to join the 30 members of the NATO alliance earlier today, an action that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov referred to as a “grave mistake.” "Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging an unprovoked attack on a peaceful and democratic Ukraine
The Chinese Liberation Army (PLA) Navy announced on Tuesday that the Liaoning aircraft carrier group recently started a routine, realistic combat training mission in the West Pacific. Japans defense ministry said in a statement that eight PLA warships were spotted sailing from the East China Sea through the waters between Okinawa Island and Miyako Island headed toward the Pacific Ocean on Monday