NICOSIA — Iran has reported an enhancement of its naval missiles. Officials said the Iranian Navy has launched a program to improve its ship-to-ship as well as ship-to-coast missiles. (more…)
LONDON — Turkey is said to have intercepted a North Korean shipment of gas masks to Syria. A Japanese newspaper asserted that Turkey intercepted a vessel that contained North (more…)
MOSCOW — Russia was said to have halted the sale of major military platforms to Syria. The Russian business daily Kommersant reported that the Kremlin ordered a halt to (more…)
In a move that will surely anger China, the Japanese government announced last week that it would proceed with naming more than 200 offshore islands within Japanese maritime territory (more…)
The governments of Japan and Ukraine, the only countries with devastating nuclear accidents, i.e., the Chernobyl and Fukushima meltdowns, inked an agreement last week to jointly monitor and test (more…)
WASHINGTON — The United States has ordered the construction of a military flight facility in Kuwait. The Defense Department has overseen a project to build a flight training facility (more…)
WASHINGTON — Oman has been struggling to modernize its highly-trained military, a report said. The Congressional Research Service said Oman has sought to modernize its 45,000-man military, the third (more…)
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has sought to reduce its aerospace sector with a sale to a British company. The UAE state-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprise said it (more…)
WASHINGTON — The United States, despite threats from Congress, continues to sell military equipment to Egypt. The Defense Department has issued several contracts for military equipment to Egypt. The (more…)
