United States State Department Ned Price has confirmed reports that Russia conducted a anti-satellite weapon test against a defunct Soviet-era satellite on Monday. In a press conference, Price said that… Continue reading "US: “Reckless” Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Places ISS Crew At Risk"
Russia has started delivering S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to India, the Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told Russian press. He added that the… Continue reading "Russia Begins S-400 Delivery To India Despite CAATSA Threat"
Welcome back to the Weekend Briefing, where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defence news and comment. This week we have closely followed developments in Ethiopia, a… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (8-12 November)"
Concurrent operations have concluded in the North and South Pacific aimed at tackling Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. Operation Kurukuru was conducted in the South Pacific between the 23rd… Continue reading "Dual Fisheries Enforcement Operations Conclude in the Pacific"
The Pakistani Navy reported that on November 9, the first Type 054A/P frigate PNS Tughril, manufactured by the Chinese state shipbuilding corporation [CSSC], was delivered to the Pakistani Navy at… Continue reading "The Pakistan Navy Receives First Chinese-Manufactured Type 054 A/P Frigate"
On Friday, the German Navy frigate Bayern received a visit from Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi. The vessel, docked at Tokyo’s cruise terminal, is the first German military ship to… Continue reading "German Frigate Bayern Visits Tokyo"
Welcome to the Weekend Briefing, where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defence news and comment. We begin November with stories examining the tensions on the Polish-Belarusian… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (1-5 November)"
Much has been made in recent years about fears of a supposed Chinese military base emerging in the South Pacific, on Australia’s backdoor. From Kiribati to Vanuatu, unsubstantiated reports of… Continue reading "Australia’s Defence Infrastructure in the Pacific: An Overview"
Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivered Visakhapatnam (D66), the first ship of Project 15B destroyer class, to the Indian Navy on October 28. Project 15B is a class of… Continue reading "Indian Navy Looks Ahead To Fleet Expansion With INS Visakhapatnam Delivery"
Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng confirmed on Tuesday that a group of Taiwanese Marines had been sent to Guam to train with US Marines for a month. According to the… Continue reading "Taiwanese Defense Minister: Taiwanese Marines Are Training With US Marines On Guam"