The South Korean Navy has taken delivery of its 13th domestically built guided-missile destroyer, which will join patrol missions to defend the nation's shoreline and harbor waters, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said Monday.
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction delivered the...
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister:Choi Mun-kee) announced that the ministry chose KAI, or Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. as Korea space launch vehicle's total system assembly company and set out for a joint job with industries for a self -reliance of the space vehicle...
An inquiry has been started by Japan's Ministry of Defense into the loss of a 5-ton unmanned submarine worth $5 million. The sub was attached to a survey ship by a special cable but somehow came loose and was lost.
A search has been ongoing for nine days for the marine survey sub without any...
Two T-4 trainers belonging to the Blue Impulse aerobatic display team of the Japanese air force made contact as they practiced flying in formation. (Kawasaki)
TOKYO — Three pilots escaped unharmed Wednesday after their jet planes collided in midair off the Japanese coast, a military spokesman...
The Z9EC is a light ship-borne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter powered by two ARRIEL2C engines. It is mainly equipped with advanced dipping sonar system, torpedo and searching radar for fulfilling the anti-submarine mission. A harpoon system is equipped for its take-off and landing on...
US “Aviation Technology and Space Weekly” carries an article in its January 17 issue titled “US navy regards China’s hypersonic guide vehicle as the part of Chinese weapons with extensive threat”, pointing out according to US navy, the Mach 10 hypersonic guide vehicle (HGV) China tested on...
China's efforts to modernize its military force following its economic development has attracted attention from global media.
One of the fruits of these efforts is the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter jet, which made its maiden flight on Jan. 11, 2011, surprising the visiting US secretary of...
While most Western military experts have focused their attention on the production of the Shenyang J-15, China's first carrier-based fighter, and the launch of larger surface combat vessels including two Type 054A frigates and one Type 052D destroyer, the official website of the People's...
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis militants.
The Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (ABM), also known as Champions of Jerusalem, an Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist militant group based in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, may have used a Chinese FN-6 surface-to-air missile to shoot down a military helicopter on Jan. 25, according to...
Exclusive: CIA Helped Saudis in Secret Chinese Missile Deal
Saudi Arabia has long been a backroom player in the Middle East's nuclear game of thrones, apparently content to bankroll the ambitions of Pakistan and Iraq (under Saddam Hussein) to counter the rise of its mortal enemy, Iran.
But...
Chinese navy corvette project received ten 056
January 26, 2014 at the naval base in Shantou (Guangdong) China was officially entered in the Southern fleet PLA Navy corvette (small frigate) Jieyang (side number "587") project 056 (Jiangdao class) - as the tenth part of the ship Project...
Launched the first patrol ship to Nigeria
First built for Nigeria Navy patrol vessel project P18N 91 F during the launching of the Chinese shipyard Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company.
January 27, 2014 in Chinese shipyard Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company in Wuhan, which is part of the...
Myanmar buys Chinese KS-1A SAM
SAM KS-1A (HQ-12).
Myanmar Armed Forces at the beginning of November 2013 signed a contract with the Chinese foreign trade association China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC) for the purchase of one regimental kit (chetyrehbatareynogo...
US Media on China’s 2nd-generation Aircraft Carrier Killer Much Better than DF-21D
According to a recent issue of US “Aviation Week & Space Technology”, US Navy regard the Mach 10 hypersonic plance China tested on January 9 as an omen of the appearance of an anti-ship ballistic missile...
PLA's hypersonic vehicle can extend range of ballistic missiles
The range of the People's Liberation Army Navy's DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile can be extended tremendously when equipped with the newly developed hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), according to Bradley Perrett, Bill Sweetman...
Saudi Arabia is considering cooperation with China and Pakistan in the development and production of the FC-1 Xiaolong multirole fighter jet, also known as the JF-17 Thunder, according to Military Parade, a website covering defense issues based in Russia.
General Raheel Sharif, the chief of...
J-20 could be as famous as the Zero: Japanese magazine
Although some consider Chinese fighters to be little more than less impressive copies of Russian designs, the J-20, China's first fifth-generation stealth fighter, has the potential to become one of the world's most iconic military...