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The Philippines was supposed to begin receiving its coastal defense missile system “BrahMos” this month, but delivery has been delayed due to adverse weather conditions at its Southeast Asian deployment site.
Only a few days after it was revealed that Saudi Arabia emerged as the latest buyer of the “Pantsir” short-range air defense system, the Arab nation is now reported to have become a customer for South Korea’s medium-range air defense system, KM-SAM.
Russia reportedly spend US$1.75 billion (RM7.8 billion) to produce approximately 6,000 Iranian-made “Shahed-136” suicide drones in its local facility, which Moscow used to target military infrastructure in Ukraine.
In October last year, the Pakistani military conducted the second test launch of the medium-range ballistic missile “Ababeel,” designed to carry Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicles (MIRV).
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has reportedly emerged as the third country in the Middle East to acquire the “Pantsir” short-range air defense system developed by Russia, providing further evidence of an increasing defense collaboration between Washington’s “allies” and Moscow.
In an action deemed by Beijing as “igniting the flames of hostility in the region,” the Philippines has directed its military forces to increase troop presence on its northernmost island, which shares a border with Taiwan.
Due to budgetary constraints, spaces intended for the Tomahawk cruise missile launcher systems on British Navy’s Type 45 destroyers are now being repurposed as gyms for the use of the ship’s crews, inviting widespread criticism and mockery from the British public and the country’s defence establishments.
China is reportedly exploring the market for 5th generation fighter aircraft in the Middle East region, given the reluctance of the United States to sell its popular 5th generation fighter jet, the F-35, to several countries in the region.
In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union claimed to have successfully tracked an American nuclear submarine, the USS Simon Bolivar.
Turkey has agreed to supply Egypt with its renowned drones as both Islamic nations seek to strengthen their diplomatic ties, which has been upgraded from normalisation to strategic.