On the exhibition floor at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) in mid-September, a small jet that had until now been best known for training air-defence crews wore a very different label: attack unmanned aerial vehicle. The Mighty...
The arrival of Japan’s first Patria AMV XP 8x8 armored vehicle is far more than a routine equipment delivery. It represents a decisive moment in the country’s decades-long struggle to modernize its ground forces, close capability gaps, and adapt to...
On September 9, 2025, an X account titled PLA Military Updates posted a set of photographs that immediately caught the attention of defense analysts worldwide. The images showed the J-20 Mighty Dragon, China’s premier fifth-generation stealth fighter, configured in what the account described...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is grappling with one of its gravest modernization challenges in decades. Its fighter squadron strength has fallen to just 31 squadrons, far short of the sanctioned 42 required to counter a two-front war scenario with China and Pakistan....
Türkiye has officially launched the serial production of its long-awaited Altay main battle tank (MBT), marking a defining moment in the country’s defense history. The rollout at BMC’s state-of-the-art facility in Ankara is more than an industrial milestone—it represents a...
For the first time, the Philippines has staged a high-profile joint sail near the disputed Scarborough Shoal with two unlikely partners — Australia and Canada. The two-day maritime cooperation exercise, culminating on September 3, showcased not just military interoperability but...
On September 3, 2025, in Beijing’s Victory Day military parade, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) rolled out a weapon that has long been the subject of rumor, intelligence estimates, and quiet debate among defense analysts: the JL-3 submarine-launched...
The USNS Guam offloaded a system that may reshape the military balance in the Western Pacific. Crated aboard the ship was the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a highly mobile, ground-based anti-ship missile platform. Within weeks, Marines from the 12th...
Moscow and New Delhi are locked in high-stakes negotiations to accelerate and expand deliveries of the Russian-made S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems, in a move that could decisively tilt the airpower balance in South Asia. “India already has our S-400...
Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted a coordinated joint patrol in the Sea of Japan, shifting their naval cooperation from the visible surface to the opaque depths of undersea warfare. This unprecedented maneuver followed Maritime Interaction/Joint Sea 2025, a bilateral...