Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces surface-to-air missile unit for the first time tested its quick deployment capability by flying with Y-20 large transport aircraft during recent exercises. Long-range, rapid deployment of heavy surface-to-air missiles has great tactical and even strategic significance, as it enables the PLA to enhance regional air defense in a flexible manner, a Chinese military expert who requested anonymity told the
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
Japan wants to develop unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to deter adversaries from landing on the Nansei Islands, as well as to lay and sweep mines. This plan was revealed by an unnamed source to local news agencies on Monday
Chinas large four-engine drone ‘Twin-Tailed Scorpion D took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday. Independently developed by Sichuan Tengden Sci-Tech Innovation Co, the Twin-Tailed Scorpion D successfully completed its first flight at an airport in Zigong, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday, according to a press release the company sent to the
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Russia could likely lay its claim over the Sea of Azov in eastern Europe, now that it has annexed four Ukrainian regions surrounding the water body: Donetsk, Luhansk (both in the Donbas region), Kherson & Zaporizhzhia. The 39,000 sqkm Sea of Azov is connected to the Black Sea by 4km-narrow Strait of Kerch
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is reportedly practicing on invading Taiwans Dongsha Islands, as seven civilian car ferries were spotted engaging in amphibious landing drills on beaches in the Taiwan Strait twice recently. Defense analyst Tom Shugart posted on Twitter that he
The Taiwanese military tracked some Chinese 26 aircraft on September 15 including the WZ-7 High Altitude Surveillance drone, 'Soaring Dragon,' which it said has been spotted for the first time in Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ). The WZ-7 Soaring Dragon is claimed to be comparable to the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk meant to perform continuous visual and electronic surveillance over wide swathes of land and sea
Japan is working on increasing the range of ground-launched Type-12 standoff missiles from 200km to more than 1,000km, putting the Chinese and North Korean coasts within striking distance. The envisioned weapons would also be ship- and air- launch capable
Several Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) bombers fully loaded with live ammunition crossed the Taiwan Straits from two different directions during what it calls Taiwan lockdown drills. The “realistic combat-scenario joint exercises” were held from August 4-7 in six different areas that encircle Taiwan from all directions after U