The South Korean (ROK) Navy yesterday tested the takeoff of the General Atomics "Mojave" drone from the ROKS Dokdo, exploring the potential to convert the amphibious assault ship into a drone carrier. This was the second takeoff of the Mojave from a flight deck, after a test on the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales last year, and the first instance of launching a fixed-wing drone from a large vessel, as the ROK Navy had previously only operated VTOL UAVs
The Yemeni Armed Forces reported conducting two extended military operations targeting U.S
The implementation of the unification of the national payment systems of Iran and Russia began today with the domestic MIR officially connected to the Iranian Shetab system. This is the first tie-up for ATM transfer with a foreign country ever since Russia was cut-off from SWIFT after the Ukraine war began
Rheinmetall and the Finnish SAR satellite company ICEYE have expanded their collaboration to provide Ukraine with advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imagery. The agreement, signed in September 2024, comes at a crucial time as Ukraine continues to face intense military pressures and seeks enhanced intelligence tools to support its armed forces
China has increased its military flights into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) by 300%, according to the U.S
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) has introduced compact anti-drone and electronic warfare solutions designed for tanks and armored vehicles at Airshow China 2024, highlighting new approaches in ground defense against drones. NORINCOs anti-drone modules, mounted on its tanks and armored vehicles, aim to address threats posed by low-altitude, small, and slow-moving drones
The Chinese government announced the baselines of the territorial sea adjacent to Huangyan Dao island (Scarborough Shoal) a day after Manila passed the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act which aim to extend its control over some islands and sea lanes in the South China Sea. The two legal measures intended to control certain islands and sea lanes in the South China within the Philippines exclusive economic zone are certain to put Beijing and Manila on a collision course
Yemeni air defense forces intercepted and downed a U.S
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 35-year-old man from Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, suspected of detonating a car bomb in Berdyansk, according to an FSB statement. The man allegedly received orders and a $10,000 payment promise from Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate to assassinate an acquaintance slated for a judicial position
A model of a self-propelled electromagnetic microwave system for suppressing small-sized FPV drone swarms, as well as aircraft-type reconnaissance and kamikaze UAVs was displayed as part of the Airshow China - 2024 exhibition in Zhuhai. The product is based on the chassis of the Shaanxi HMV3 tactical truck and is represented by a multi-element high-energy and multi-band AESA radar, presumably X/Ku wavebands, capable of detecting drones, and then switching individual groups/arrays of gallium nitride microwave transistors to a high-energy radiation mode with a beam width of less than 1 - 0