A New Year video featuring a ginkgo leaf and a bird among other military equipment is "ambiguous tacit recognition" of two new fighter jets, a Chinese expert has said. Chinese Military expert Zhang Junshe told
Saudi Arabia is reportedly pursuing a deal to acquire 100 KAAN fighter jets from Turkey as part of its Vision 2030 initiative. The discussions regarding the deal took place during a meeting in Istanbul last week between Haluk Gorgun, head of the Turkish Defence Industries Directorate, and Saudi Assistant Defence Minister Khalid Bin Hussein Al-Bayari
Thai authorities have rejected claims by the United Nations that financial institutions in the country facilitated the Myanmar junta's purchase of military supplies in 2023. The Bank of Thailand (BoT) and the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) issued a joint statement following an investigation prompted by a June 2024 report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Finnish police have launched a detailed investigation after the EstLink 2 power line between Finland and Estonia was disrupted on December 25, allegedly by the anchor of the Cook Islands-flagged tanker Eagle S. Investigators discovered an anchor mark spanning tens of kilometers on the Gulf of Finland's seabed, though the exact location where the anchor may have dislodged remains unknown, according to Sami Pyle, head of the investigation
South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced a special inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft in the country after a Jeju Air passenger plane crashed at Muan International Airport on December 29. The crash resulted in 179 fatalities out of 181 passengers and crew onboard
The Polish Navy has signed a contract for the acquisition of a rescue ship under the "Ratownik" program. The
Russia officially accepted the Arkhangelsk, a multipurpose nuclear submarine of the Yasen-M project, into its naval fleet. The submarine, built at Severodvinsks USC Sevmash enterprise, is equipped with a versatile armament system capable of launching Kalibr cruise missiles, supersonic Oniks missiles, or hypersonic Tsirkon missiles, depending on mission requirements
The Yemeni Armed Forces launched coordinated strikes on Israeli targets on Friday, including a hypersonic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and drone operations in Jaffa and the Arabian Sea, intensifying regional tensions. In a televised statement, Houthi spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed the use of a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile to strike Ben Gurion Airport
The Finnish Border Guard has intercepted and detained the oil tanker Eagle S, suspected of damaging the Estlink 2 submarine power cable that connects Finland and Estonia. The tanker, currently under police control in Finnish waters, is believed to have severed the power line and multiple communication cables in the Gulf of Finland
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432, an Embraer 190, crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38, with a Russian Pantsir surface-to-air missile suspected of bringing down the aircraft. Azerbaijani government sources confirmed to