NICOSIA — China and Iran have agreed to improve defense cooperation. Officials said the two countries discussed options for expanded security and military cooperation during a visit to Beijing (more…)
More than, 5,500 troops from the U.S. and the Philippine armed forces participated in the first large-scale military drill since the completion of a comprehensive mutual defense agreement between (more…)
The Chinese space agency announced May 4 that China has reached an agreement with the communist state of Laos to launch a communications satellite, marking a milestone in China’s (more…)
ANKARA — Western defense majors have warned Turkey of a halt in major projects should the NATO ally procure a Chinese ballistic missile defense system. Turkish sources said leading (more…)
The captain of the Indian frontline surface warship, the INS Shivalik [F47], turned down a request from the Chinese navy chief to visit the Combat Information Center [CIC] of (more…)
Facing mass protests in recent weeks, the Taiwanese government announced April 28 that the planned construction of the island nation’s 4th nuclear power plant would be postponed pending a (more…)
China announced that it would conduct an “unprecedented military drill” during U.S. President Barack Obama’s 3-day visit to Japan scheduled for April 23-25. As if to underscore its displeasure (more…)
At least two Chinese engineers were killed by armed assailants in a kidnapping operation on April 18. The incident took place in the war-torn region of Darfur where the (more…)
After Japan announced a series of sanctions against Moscow for its Ukraine gambit and canceled its foreign minister’s long-awaited visit to Russia, the Russian military authorities in the Far (more…)
