Russia will equip its new project 23560 Lider (Leader) class nuclear-powered destroyers with advanced Grach visual optical interference stations that could "blind" enemy troops and optoelectronic devices, such as night vision equipment, binocular glasses and laser ranging devices with bright flares of light. The system was developed by the Integral plant which was part of the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation, the Izvestia newspaper was quoted by
Two nuclear-capable US bombers flew over a military base in South Korea early Tuesday in a show of force meant to warn North Korea. The US and South Korea are taking measures to ward off the North after it tested a nuclear technology for the second time this year
South Korea has increased its defense budget for next year by 4 percent to strengthen missile defense capabilities against growing threats from North Korea. The South Korea is planning to build a "Korea Air and Missile Defence (KAMD) system" and a "kill chain" to detect, identify and intercept incoming missiles in the shortest duration, the Yonhap news agency quoted a defence ministry official as saying
A maritime military doctrine being developed by Pakistan could contain an assured second-strike capability and the need for delving into cooperative mechanisms as a tool for crisis management, military experts were quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper during a debate on the Military doctrine in the Pakistani capital today. A ‘second-strike capability is expert-speak for deterrence of a formidable nature- such as nuclear tipped missiles launched from the sea or air
North Korea is upgrading its largest naval facility Munchon located on the east coast, including conventional as well as mass destructive weapons. Satellite images analyzed Thursday on 38 North, a website of Johns Hopkins University, suggest that the countrys leader Kim Jong Un is likely to be investing heavily on the country's largest naval facility for coastal defenses
South Korean ruling party lawmakers have called for the construction of submarines with nuclear propulsion to counter the threat of North Koreas submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The defense against the Norths SLBMs is nuclear-powered submarines that can keep watch for its submarines and strike before they fire missiles
North Korea is arming a top military unit with “nuclear backpacks,” following a series of nuclear tests conducted recently. "[North Korea] joined the front rank of the military powers fully equipped with nuclear attack capability," he said
The US navy has considered to replace V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft in Japan with latest variant, likely from 2021. CMV-22Bs will replace the two aging C-2 Greyhounds attached to the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is based at the US Navys Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture starting in 2021, or as late as 2026, the official was quoted as saying Monday by
India and the US on Monday have signed the bilateral Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) that will permit militaries of both countries to access each others facilities for supplies and repairs. The LEMOA “will facilitate additional opportunities for practical engagement and exchange,” Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and U
South Korea is likely to build new nuclear-powered submarines in order to counter North Koreas Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) threat. South Korean military experts feel there is a necessity to build submarines that are capable of countering North Korean submarine launched Ballistic missiles