The United States Navy is reinforcing its 7th fleet, stationed in Japan, with two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The USS Higgins (DDG 76) and USS Howard (DDG 83) arrived at… Continue reading "US Navy Reinforces Indo-Pacific Fleet With Two New Destroyers"
Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) launched the first of four MILGEM corvettes planned for the Pakistan Navy on 15 August. The lead ship of its class, named PNS Babur, is on… Continue reading "First Pakistani Babur-class MILGEM Corvette Launched at Istanbul Shipyard"
From 9 to 13 August, the ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 exercise was held at the army tactical training base in Qingtongxia City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Western China. Despite the fact that… Continue reading "Joint Russo-Chinese ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 Exercise Comes To An End"
The Royal Malaysian Police has identified four airmen killed in an apparent murder-suicide on Friday morning at a Royal Malaysian Air Force base in East Malaysia’s Sarawak state. Kota Samarahan… Continue reading "Four Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Royal Malaysian Air Force Base"
Pakistan successfully test-fired the Ghaznavi surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Thursday. The missile is designed to be capable of delivering multiple warheads with a range of up to 290 kilometers. The… Continue reading "Pakistan Conducts Training Launch For Ghaznavi Surface-To-Surface Ballistic Missile"
The Intermediate-range cruise missile Nirbhay ITCM (Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile) of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) was tested off the coast of Odisha in Chandipur, Balaosore, on Wednesday,… Continue reading "India Successfully Tests The Nirbhay (ITCM) Cruise Missile Developed by The DRDO"
US sailors and marines across the globe are currently participating in Large Scale Exercise 2021 (LSE 2021) which kicked off on 3 August, and will run until 16 August. The… Continue reading "US Navy and Marine Corps Conducting Large Scale Exercise 2021"
The Biden administration has approved its first Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan. This move continues in the footsteps of the Trump administration, which approved a record amount of arms sales… Continue reading "Biden Administration Approves M109A6 Howitzer Sale To Taiwan"
“There is no agreement between Mauritius and India for the creation of a military base in Agalega” Ken Arian told AFP. The communications adviser to Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was… Continue reading "Mauritius Denies Reports of Plans to House Indian Base"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (2-6 August)"