Pakistan and Russia have kick-started joint military exercises, Druzhba-2020, today that will go on until November 21. Russians Southern Military District had said earlier that more than 150 servicemen would take part in the drills, with over 70 being from the Special Forces
China has said the US approval of a $600 Million MQ-9B Armed-reconnaissance Drone sale to Taiwan will pose no threat to the mainland as its weapons have a limited range and the slow-flying drone itself can be easily tracked. “Taiwan is only paying a lot of protection money to the US, while also becoming a tool in the current US administration's re-election campaign
Deeply modernized Russian strategic bomber Tu-160M "White Swan" flew for the first time with new serial NK-32-02 engines. The nuclear-weapons capable long range bomber took part in Russsias operation against Islamic State militants in Syria during 2017 firing cruise missiles while hovering away from Western Europe, hundreds of kilometers away
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has received a contract from the US Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from a two-phase delivery to a single phase
During a test conducted by the U.S
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP), part of Russian Helicopters has launched Mi-8/171 type helicopter test operation program in Indonesia. The program is aimed at the assessing of all the advantages of helicopters real operation in conjunction with all available corporate support tools and implemented aftersales services of Russian Helicopters holding company
Greece is preparing to test its Russian-made S-300 air defence systems (ADS) installed on the island of Crete in response to Turkeys test of its S-400 ADS last week. Satellite images by the Turkish military show that Athens has put into combat readiness S-300 missile systems and that the tests could happen next week, Greek news agency Pentapostagma reported Friday
As China prepares to invade Taiwan, the US has approved sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) Missiles besides MS-110 Recce Pods altogether worth $1.8 billion
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Command (IGRC) has announced a massive aerial drill starting Wednesday, the first week after the expiry of UN sanctions against the Islamic state. The large-scale drills, codenamed Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 99 (Guardians of Velayat Sky 99), will begin on Wednesday under precise supervision of experts from the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh, who will command the exercise, said on Tuesday
The United States today imposed sanctions on six Chinese companies for their dealings with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), a day after a U.N