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Recently, the Republic of Singapore Navy has initiated the first steps in constructing Multi Role Combat Vessels (MRCV), which are said to be the largest and heaviest warships ever owned by the naval force of the republic.
South Korean authorities have expanded their investigation into the alleged theft of classified information regarding the technology of the 4.5-generation fighter aircraft KF-21 “Boramae” by two Indonesian engineers.
Numerous speculations have arisen regarding Turkey’s participation in the F-35 fighter jet program since US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland stated at the end of last January that Washington was prepared to “welcome back” the Mediterranean country into the fifth-generation fighter jet program.
In a recent government list released by the Russian authorities several months ago, Malaysia, along with 29 other countries worldwide, has been categorized as having “good” and “exceptional” relations with Moscow.
Due to constraints in its Defense Budget for the upcoming year, the United States Department of Defense (Pentagon) is forced to reduce its proposed purchases of several fighter aircraft types, notably the F-35 developed by Lockheed Martin and the F-15EX by Boeing.
As previously stated several times by Defence Security Asia, Turkish shipbuilder, Turkiye Savunma Teknolojieri Muhendiskil (STM), has been confirmed to received a Letter of Intent regarding the acquisition of Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) Batch 2 for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).
The Leopard 2 main battle tanks belonging to the Singapore Armed Forces and the German Armed Forces participated in an armor exercise involving live-firing at the Oberlausitz Military Training Area (OMTA) in Germany.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un joined his troops in war exercise by personally driving the country’s newest main battle tank, declared as the “most powerful tanks in the world.”
The GPS system of a British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft carrying the country’s Secretary of State for Defence, Grant Shapps, was reportedly “jammed” while traversing the airspace of the Russian Kaliningrad region.
The armed Houthi group in Yemen has reportedly successfully conducted a test launch of a hypersonic missile capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 8 (9,977 km/h) and equipped with high-explosive materials.