Foreign Affairs

  Washington: In a boost to the American defence industry, the US State Department has officially liberalised restrictions on exporting military-grade unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to foreign nations which the defence industry has been seeking...

Washington: An American F-15 fighter jet flew about 1,000 metres from an Iranian passenger airliner over Syria while conducting what it called a “standard visual inspection” of the aircraft, officials from US Central Command...

Tel Aviv. Israel and India will cooperate on developing techniques to identify the Coronavirus. A senior delegation from Israel’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDRD) is set to depart to India in the...

London: UK and US governments have turned to startups and inventors in a competition to adapt commercial technology solutions to answer pressing challenges in the military space sector. The two countries have jointly put up...

  Washington: The head of US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) hopes to have an active Aegis Ashore system in Guam by 2026 as part of a concept he calls “Homeland Defense System Guam.” Adm. Phil Davidson told...

Washington: In a strong bipartisan vote, American lawmakers on July 21 passed their US$740.5 billion plan for the annual defence authorization bill, including provisions for a hefty military pay raise next year, new restrictions...

  Hong Kong: The US, Australia and Japan held a trilateral naval exercise in the Philippine Sea this week in an apparent challenge to China’s military build-up in the region. China’s air force held live-fire drills...

Washington: After US aircraft carriers Nimitz and Ronald Reagan and their strike groups conducted dual-carrier operations in the South China Sea this month, Chinese newspaper The Global Times reported that “any US aircraft carrier...

Melbourne: In a surprise move, Indonesia has expressed interest in acquiring Austria’s fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. Indonesia’s defence minister Prabowo Subianto wrote a letter to his Austrian counterpart Klaudia Tanner seeking to initiate...

  Washington: The US warship Porter entered the Black Sea on July 19 to take part in an annual NATO exercise, days after Russia placed its Black Sea forces on alert. Sea Breeze 2020 is co...

Washington: The US Air Force on July 17 deployed two B-1B bombers to Guam as the American Navy continued its dual-aircraft carrier operations in the contested South China Sea. Both services described the operations as...

New Delhi: A Tweet released by the Pakistan Navy said the first Yarmook-class corvette was inducted on July 13 during an official ceremony at PN (Pakistan Navy) Dockyard, Khi. The Chief Guest, Chief of...

Washington: The US$174 million Pentagon drone programme meant to give Afghan forces an upper hand against Taliban has come under fire by a watchdog report which said that it has shown few gains. The report...