The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has accused Japan of making dangerous close-range tracking and disruptions to its Liaoning aircraft carrier during the latter's recent drills in the West Pacific. Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson at China's Ministry of National Defense, said at a regular press conference on Thursday that the training activities of the PLA Navy's Liaoning aircraft carrier group are completely reasonable and legitimate, and Japan's hype has its own scheme
Sweden, which along with Finland has applied to join NATO, will host the BALTOPS 22 exercise next month in a strong message to neighboring Russia. With Stockholm's NATO application, Sweden ends decades of neutrality and joins NATO at a time when the alliance focused on supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia
Ukrainian postal service, UkrPoshta will release a new postage stamp depicting its An-225 ‘Miriya aircraft that was destroyed during the initial days of its war against Russia following the sell-out of an earlier stamp showing a defiant gesture by a Ukrainian soldier against the Russian warship, Moskva. Invading Russian forces destroyed the Ukrainian-manufactured plane at the Hostomel airport in early April near Kyiv during a failed attempt to encircle and capture the capital city of nearly 3 million people
Ukrainian forces destroyed its own warship, ‘Donbas during retreat from Mariupol, Russia has claimed. "In order not to get the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the enemy decided to undermine it and flood it
South Koreas Defense Science Research Institute, part of Agency for Defense Development (ADD), has developed what it calls ‘Warhead Classification and Radar Resource Management Optimization Technology, to detect and track ballistic missiles. ADD performed all R&D processes with pure domestic technology, and secured omnidirectional source technology through the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)'s core technology development project from 2018 to 2022, DAPA said in a
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has dismissed foreign media reports that earlier claimed that the ill-fated Boeing aircraft that crashed in March “nosedived intentionally.” On Wednesday, the CAAC told the
Finland and Sweden officially applied to join the 30 members of the NATO alliance earlier today, an action that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov referred to as a “grave mistake.” "Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging an unprovoked attack on a peaceful and democratic Ukraine
An all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed by AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation is quieter than most helicopters. Joby Aviation recently completed developmental testing with NASA to help understand the vehicles performance characteristics and acoustics profiles during normal operations of take-off, landing, and overflight
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The Chinese Navys second Type 055 destroyer, the Lhasa, recently passed a full-course training assessment, making it all ready for far sea missions beyond the first island chain. Organized by a vessel training center attached to the PLA Northern Theater Command Navy, the assessment put the Lhasa, together with three Type 056A corvettes, through a three-day maritime test at an undisclosed region in the Yellow Sea, government-owned China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday