While China is dramatically modernizing its military, the Taiwanese government has announced a large cut of its defense forces from the current 215,000 to 170,000- 190,000, or a reduction (more…)
The Chinese state-run media has confirmed that the People’s Liberation Army is building a new class of heavy maritime surveillance vessel, with a 10,000-ton displacement. If true, this would (more…)
The four operational command headquarters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army issued a new regulation last week banning the world’s large military from purchasing any foreign brands for military (more…)
The young North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has put his younger sister, Kim Yeo-Jong, in charge of Department 54 that handles the regime’s profit-seeking businesses, according to a newspaper (more…)
As promised by Secretary of State John Kerry to visiting South Korean foreign minister Yun Byung-Se on Jan. 7, an 800-member mechanized infantry battalion is soon to be deployed (more…)
TEL AVIV — The United States has forced Israel to reshuffle its senior defense leadership after an Israeli subsystem arrived in China. Israeli sources said the U.S. Defense Department (more…)
After the unceremonious execution of her husband, Jang Song-Thaek, by his young cousin Kim Jong-Un, the widow of Jang is now dead too, possibly by suicide or a heart (more…)
The first of the six Kilo-class diesel electric submarines Vietnam has purchased from Russia arrived at the deep water naval port of Cam Ranh Bay in central Vietnam on (more…)
In the immediate aftermath of a historic visit to India by Japan’s emperor and empress, and on the eve of the Japanese defense minister’s upcoming visit to Delhi, the (more…)
