China conducts a live-fire drill after President Xi Jinping said to his soldiers ‘focus on preparing for war’.
Image Credit: South China Morning Post Days after the Chinese President Xi Jinping urged all of his soldiers to ‘focus on preparing for war’, a live-fire drill was conducted. In […]
Sweden to boost its military spending by 40%.
Image Credit: Joel Thungren/Försvarsmakten On Thursday, the Swedish government announced that it will increase its military spending by 40% in the next 5 years, as well as double the number […]
Japan unveils a new submarine.
Image Credit: Japan MoD Images On Wednesday, at a shipyard in Western Japan, a new submarine 29SS was unveiled as part of the plan to boost Japanese navy forces against […]
North Korea held a night time military parade.
Image Credit:AP On Saturday, before dawn, North Korea held a military parade. The night time parade marked the 75th anniversary of the workers’ party. No foreign journalists were allowed in […]
Azerbaijan and Armenia truce comes into effect.
Image Credit: AP/Dmitri Lovetsky After two weeks of fighting for the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an enclave in Azerbaijan, but controlled by ethnic Armenians, both countries agreed to a ceasefire that came […]
Japan announces defense budget hike in response to growing threats in East Asia.
Image Credit: Reuters On Wednesday afternoon, Japan’s Defense Ministry announced that it requested an 3.3% increase from the initial defense budget for the current fiscal year until March 2021. The […]
Turkish F-16 downs an Armenian SU-25 jet, in the third day of fighting.
SU-25 jet. Image Credit: alexeyvvo On Tuesday, the Armenian Defense Ministry said that a Turkish F-16 shot at and destroyed a SU-25 Armenian jet inside Armenian airspace, killing the pilot. […]
China is holding simultaneous military drills in four seas.
Image Credit: AP On Monday, the Chinese army began 5 military exercises on different parts of its coast. It is the second time that the Chinese army is conducting simultaneous […]
Heavy clashes continue between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Image Credit: AFP The battle between Azerbaijan and Armenia continued for the second day, over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Yesterday, after the downing of an Azerbaijani helicopter by Armenia, […]
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