Japan started constructing a Self-Defense Forces base on uninhabited Mage Island in southwestern Kagoshima prefecture on Thursday. According to an environmental assessment report made public earlier today, this four-year project in the 8 Sqkm Island will include building runways and ammunition storage facilities
Canada has agreed to hand over NASAMS air defence systems to Ukraine free of cost, taking the total number of such systems being pledged to the war-torn country to nine. “I spoke with Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov this morning and heard it directly: air defence systems are Ukraines top priority
Ukraines army will get a further western push with the U.S
As the Biden Administration tightens restrictions on the export of high-performance chips to Beijing, China's Xiangteng Company announced the development of 6 chip products, including a control protocol processing SiP chip, a dual-channel high-speed isolator chip, two discrete interface chips, and two 429 chips.The six new chips incuding 17 'finalized' in 2022, can be widely used in aviation, aerospace, ships, weapons and other fields, and have broad market prospects and commercial value, Xiangteng Company a part of the of the Aviation Industry Computing Institute said in a statement carried by Aviation Industries Corporation of China
A lucrative French offer to finance $2.8 billion over six years to acquire 13 Dassault Rafale jets may have prompted Colombia to prefer the Dassault Rafale jet over competitors such as Saab Gripen, F-16 and Eurofighter Typhoon In addition, $678 million will be paid upfront to procure some 3-4 aircraft initially to make up a total order of 16 Rafale fighters, several Colombian experts posted on social media
The Patriot air defense systems which the Pentagon announced would be given to Ukraine is no silver bullet for air defense and will complete a range of medium and short-range air defense capabiities, an unnamed Pentagon official said during a briefing Thursday."Patriot is capable of intercepting cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and aircraft
In what could sway the tides in Ukraines favor, the U.S
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The German Ministry of Defense is procuring 35 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft. In mid-March, Germany confirmed plans to buy F-35s to replace old Tornado jets
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon $1.2 billion to produce National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) for war-torn Ukraine