WASHINGTON — The United States has been supporting the PAC-3 ballistic missile defense network in the Gulf. The Defense Department has awarded a $212.3 million contract for PAC-3 support (more…)
AMMAN — Jordan and Saudi Arabia have enhanced military cooperation. Saudi Arabia has agreed to participate in Jordan’s Eager Lion exercise, which began on May 25. Officials said this (more…)
On May 22, a North Korean war ship fired two artillery shells at a South Korean war ship on routine patrol in the disputed sea boundary area in the (more…)
The Yokohama District Court handed down a potentially dangerous order on May 21 to suspend all nighttime flights by Japan’s Self-Defense Force on account of excessive noise heard by (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey has signed an accord for the assembly of the engine for the U.S.-origin Joint Strike Fighter. Turkey’s Defense Industry Undersecretariat, known as SSM, signed a Letter (more…)
NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition has been divided amid the military campaign by President Bashar Assad. The Western-backed opposition has acknowledged divisions within the leadership as the Sunni revolt (more…)
TEL AVIV — IBM has opened a facility to protect infrastructure and critical assets in Israel. IBM has joined Ben-Gurion University to operate a so-called center of excellence in (more…)
TEL AVIV — The Israel Navy has been upgrading a Western-origin electric-diesel submarine. The Navy has advanced in a project to modernize the Dolphin-class submarine Leviathan. Navy sources said (more…)
BACKGROUNDER India’s new leader ‘Modi-fies’ relations with its South Asian neighbors Albright: Putin lies to the Russian people ‘on an hourly basis’ Banned by West, China’s Huawei won Russian (more…)
