DN - Defence Notes
Seoul announces major defence boost in 2020-24 plans
The South Korean Ministry of National Defense's (MND) latest Defense Mid-Term Plan covering the five-year period from 2020-24 foresees an ambitious increase in spending. The ...
DN - Defence Notes
Is the ‘Red Dragon’ fearsome or friendly?
If Beijing’s leaders and its numerous mouthpieces are to be believed, China is a friendly and cuddly panda intent on holding the world together. Then ...
DB - Digital Battlespace
Asian nations boost spy satellite capacities
Asian countries continue to enhance their satellite constellations, with China, India and South Korea all making recent announcements in the space realm. China, for instance, ...
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Puma slinks quietly into Australia
An RQ-20B Puma AE took part in a live-fire demonstration of the US-operated High Mobility Artillery Rocket System in the recently conducted Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019. This ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Philippines seeks plethora of weapons for army and marines
12th August 2019
The Philippine Department of Defense (DND) continues to seek new equipment to fill capability gaps in terms of small arms and crew-served weapons for both ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Philippines commissions second-hand ASW corvette
9th August 2019
The Philippine Navy (PN) formally took receipt of its new – or rather, second-hand – corvette from South Korea on 5 August. The 32-year-old Pohang ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Philippine National Police pick up pair of Ravens
9th August 2019
The Philippine National Police (PNP) received two Robinson R44 Raven II light helicopters late last month. The OEM’s local Philippine representative, Lionair Inc, conducted a ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Chinese light tank now comes with active protection
8th August 2019
Norinco’s VT5 light tank, a platform dedicated to the export market, is set to receive a hard-kill active protection system (APS). Such a system detects ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
New Chinese armed robot handles gunfire (video)
8th August 2019
A private company called Shenyang Donglang Technology Dev (SDT) has created a UGV named Realblow, a device designed to act as an armed assailant for ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
MD 500 flies totally unmanned in South Korea
5th August 2019
Korean Air announced that an unmanned MD 500 scout helicopter achieved its maiden flight on 30 July. The aircraft was originally known under company nomenclature as the KUS-VH, where ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
New Zealand picks up pace with vehicle replacements
2nd August 2019
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is buying a batch of 4x4 all-terrain vehicles (ATV), as well as forging ahead with plans to acquire more ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
India to transfer a submarine to Myanmar
1st August 2019
Indian media outlets have reported that Delhi will supply a single Kilo-class submarine to the Myanmar Navy later this year to help the latter establish ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
India receives its first Apaches
29th July 2019
The first batch of four Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters reached Indian shores ahead of schedule on 27 July. They were airlifted into Hindan ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Thales assures future of Hawkei engines
26th July 2019
To ensure ongoing production of the Thales Australia Hawkei 4x4 light protected mobility vehicle for the Australian Army, the Thales conglomerate has acquired the vehicle's engine ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Insight: China’s Defence White Paper is full of greyness
26th July 2019
On 24 July, China’s State Council released the first Defence White Paper in four years. Entitled ‘China’s National Defense in the New Era’, the 51-page ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
South Korea eyes a ‘Lightning carrier’
23rd July 2019
As China begins the build of a planned multi-hull LHD fleet and Japan prepares to operate F-35B fighters from its two newest ‘helicopter destroyers’, the ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Insight: PLA bolsters its title to Tibet
22nd July 2019
The Doklam standoff between China and India in June-August 2017 represented a major spike in tensions between the two powers. It was also a reminder ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
India buys and sells torpedoes
19th July 2019
India delivered a batch of Shyena advanced lightweight torpedoes to Myanmar in early July, about the same time that the Indian Navy (IN) began looking ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Storm clouds arise for Pilatus in India
18th July 2019
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) plans to acquire 38 additional PC-7 Mk II aircraft are in tatters after the country’s MoD imposed a one-year trading ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Japan launches eighth and final BMD destroyer
18th July 2019
Japan Marine United launched a new 8,200t escort warship at its Yokohama shipyard on 17 July – christened Haguro and bearing the pennant number 180 ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Talisman Sabre 2019: Japan joins Australian landings for first time
16th July 2019
The force-on-force portion of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 kicked off on 16 July with the largest-scale Australian-led amphibious landing since World War II. A notable ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Talisman Sabre 2019: Australian Army’s joint training evolves upwards
15th July 2019
Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 is but one event of the Australian Army’s joint land collective two-year training calendar, the latter now known as the Joint Warfare ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Talisman Sabre 2019: Australian UGVs are put to work
13th July 2019
The Australian Army is utilising the opportunities that Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 presents to continue testing of six Mission Adaptable Platform System (MAPS) 6x6 UGVs ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Insight: China ups the ante by firing missiles into troubled waters
11th July 2019
Despite muddled details from official sources, it is believed that China’s Southern Theatre Command recently fired multiple anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) into the disputed South ...
