Five Chinese ballistic missiles launched during drills conducted around Taiwan have landed inside Japans exclusive economic zone for the first time. Confirming the information, Japans defense ministry
Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets, upgraded to F-16V standard in 2021 participated for the first time in the island's annual military drills intended to simulate an invasion by the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA).The Ministry of National Defenses Joint Operations Command Center, ordered F-16V jets from Hualien Air Force Base to conduct emergency takeoffs in batches from 5:30am yesterday to defend the airspace along the east coast
The Chinese Navys Type 055 large destroyer Lhasa is reportedly holding its first far sea drills by entering the Sea of Japan, hinting that it has reached full operational capabilities. “The latest voyage indicates that the Lhasa has reached 100% operational capability, and it can carry out military missions in the far sea as the core of a flotilla,” Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military expert, told the
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly dispatched 30 warplanes close to Taiwan on Monday, the same day a U.S
A new type of armored recovery vehicle took part in exercises held by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). A combined arms regiment affiliated with the PLA Xinjiang Military Command recently held a series of realistic combat rescue and recovery drills at an undisclosed training ground in the Karakoram Mountains at an elevation of 5,300m, during which the regiment for the first time deployed the new-type of armored recovery vehicle, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday
Saudi Arabia has accused Yemeni Houthi militia of launching multiple airstrikes on key facilities including those dealing with oil including a depot in Jeddah and other facilities in Riyadh, with booby-trapped drones. A huge plume of black smoke was seen rising from the plant in Jeddah, as the city prepared to host a Formula One race on Sunday
In the first ever use of a hypersonic weapon in battle, Russian forces destroyed a large underground weapons depot in Ukraine by firing a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic aero-ballistic air-to-ground missile at it. Russian defense ministry said today that on March 18, its Armed Forces using a 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missile, destroyed the warehouse in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblasts Delyatyn village, some 470km West-Southwest from Kyiv
In a massive exercise held by the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) near Taiwan on Sunday, the refueling variant of the Y-20 large transport aircraft made its debut and even refueled J-16 fighter jets. The PLA has not yet announced the commissioning of this variant of the Y-20
PLA utilized the newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region to transport troops into the region. Soldiers at a combined arms brigade affiliated with the PLA Tibet Military Command recently took a Fuxing bullet train on the railway to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters
Tens of people were killed and a C-130E Hercules transport aircraft operated by the Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) was shot down in attacks carried out by Tigray militias. An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopias Togoga village, about 25km west of capital Mekele, on Tuesday and killed at least 50 people