Two new frigates- PNS Tipu Sultan and Shahjahan were commissioned in Pakistan Navy at a ceremony held Wednesday at Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard Shanghai, China.Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi was chief guest at the ceremony, and handed over the traditional Command Scrolls to the Commanding Officers of PN Ships
China said it conducted a land-based, mid-course antiballistic missile (ABM) technical test on Friday evening, marking its seventh publicly announced land-based ABM test since 2010. China's Ministry of National Defense said in a press release that the test is of a defensive nature and is not aimed at any country
Argentine defense minister Jorge Taiana toured "Itaguaí Construcciones Navales (ICN)" shipyard in Brazils Rio de Janeiro, as it eyes submarines for the Navy. Together with the head of the Argentine Navy Admiral Julio Guardia and authorities from Argentine shipyard TANDANOR, Taiana learnt about the construction process of the "Scorpene" submarine, one of the models that Argentina is considering to recover its submarine capacity
Thawing of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia was expected following the signing of China-brokered peace deal, but the war in Yemen, in which both countries are on rival sides, is still on. The conflict in Yemen is seen by Western sources as an extension of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, where they have lent support of varying degrees to rival forces in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon
India is perturbed over Russias delay in delivery of weapons because of its war against Ukraine. The IAF statement was made to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, which published it on its website on March 21
Pakistan has reportedly sent a team of engineers to Myanmar to fix the Air Forces “junk” JF-17 Thunder fighter jets which the country ordered in 2016 but were grounded last year. Not a single aircraft from the 11-strong JF-17 fleet is currently operational due to technical glitches, the
While the United States continued to sell more weapons and retained its position as the worlds top exporter, Russias invasion of Ukraine has caused a significant drop in the volume of weapons it exported. Although still at world no
Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division recently received approval as a vendor to provide some additive manufacturing components to Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) platforms. The certification enables NNS to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to fabricate pipefittings or other potential components for use on aircraft carriers, submarines and other NAVSEA platforms
Indonesias defense minister Prabowo Subianto visited BrahMos Aerospaces pavilion during NAVDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi today, fanning speculations that supersonic cruise missiles could be on its shopping list. Indonesia has expressed interest in the Indo-Russian BrahMos system since 2018
Russias state space agency Roscosmos said it carried out 100 consecutive successful launches of space launch vehicles since October 2018. In an official press release Thursday, Roscosmos said 46 launches were made from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, 36 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, nine each from the Vostochny Cosmodrome and from the Guiana Space Center