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
Asian nations are acquiring or modernizing missile defense capabilities to match emerging threats from their neighbours in turn accelerating a missile race in the region. The Japanese government on Monday decided on a plan to develop land-to-sea missiles with a range of 300 km (186 miles) to protect the nations isolated islands, including the Senkaku against Chinese ‘encroachment plans
Elbit Systems has developed a new mini Unmanned Aircraft System ‘Skylark for Tactical Naval and Maritime Applications. The system features a waterproof and floating air vehicle that provides even small vessels a unique organic offboard surveillance capability that can be deployed and retrieved in less than 15 minutes, the company announced Monday
A malware known as NanHaiShu or “South China Sea Remote Access Trojan (RAT)” in Mandarin was discovered to have gathered intelligence related to the South China Sea arbitration case from the Philippines and organizations involved in assisting the South East Asian country which won an international arbitration case against China. Hackers believed to be from China have attacked government and private-sector organizations linked to the row over the key waterway, a Japan Times report said quoting an analysis by Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure
South Korea plans to deploy "jamming proof" Taurus air-to-ground guided missiles that can be carried on its F-15K fighters in a bid to boost its strike capabilities by the end of this year to counter military threats from North Korea. "Taurus missiles combined with GPS receivers and the flight termination system, or FTS, will be deployed in two to three months with the Air Force," an official from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) was quoted as saying by
Leidos has completed initial performance trials of the technology demonstration vessel it is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. The at-sea tests took place off the coast of San Diego, California
Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have conducted the proof firing of Armament system for 155 mm x 52 calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) during the technical trials conducted recently at Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE), Balasore. ATAGS is fully indigenous towed artillery gun system project undertaken in mission mode by DRDO as a part of artillery modernisation programme of Indian Army
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first VIP version of the H175, the companys new medium class twin-engine helicopter, which entered service in 2014 for offshore transportation. The VIP version of the H175 offers cabin interior provided by Pegasus Design
The Latvian Air Force and Lithuanian Air Force test-fired Saabs RBS 70 and the latest generation RBS 70 NG air-defense systems during the air defence exercise in Latvia. The exercise “Baltic Zenith 2016”, with the purpose of providing training to operators of RBS 70 air defence missile system by performing practical combat firing exercises at air targets, took place at Šķēde training range located in Vērgale parish of Pāvilosta municipality in Latvia on 13-18 June
India has tested a new guidance system technology in the advanced version of Pinaka rocket system. Two rounds were test fired from the test range of proof and experimental establishment (PXE) at Chandipur, Odissa