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The accelerating procurement of advanced multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) by Southeast Asian nations is reshaping the regional aerial power balance, placing mounting pressure on Malaysia to revitalise its ageing fleet and assert its relevance in an increasingly contested skies.
For the first time, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has deployed its H-6K long-range bomber armed with the air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) KD-21 during a live military drill, underscoring a dramatic elevation in Beijing’s strategic threat calculus aimed at U.S. and allied forces in the Indo-Pacific theatre.
China’s ambitious sixth-generation J-50 fighter, crafted meticulously by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), was once again spotted today conducting rigorous test flights over Chinese airspace.
Singapore is set to become one of a select few nations worldwide that operates the F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) fighter jets exclusively from land-based airfields, rather than the traditional deployment from aircraft carriers or amphibious assault vessels.
In a clear signal of its shifting defence posture and deepening strategic anxieties, Iran is accelerating the deployment of Over-the-Horizon (OTH) radar systems across key locations, significantly enhancing its long-range surveillance and early warning capabilities.
Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ-Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii A.Ş.) and Embraer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential industrial cooperation.
Since the outbreak of hostilities on October 7, 2023, the United States military has suffered the loss of 17 MQ-9 Reaper drones, each carrying a price tag of approximately US$35 million (RM154 million), to the evolving drone-hunting capabilities of Yemen’s Houthi insurgency.
The Philippine government has asserted that its prospective acquisition of U.S.-made F-16 fighter aircraft will not endanger the interests of any third party, including China, despite rising tensions between the two powers in the South China Sea.
A high-ranking US military officer is raising the alarm over what they describe as a worrisome and accelerating pattern of Russian and Chinese submarines operating perilously close to American coastlines.
As geopolitical tensions between Moscow and Washington deepen, Russian naval experts have boldly asserted that the sonar capabilities of their latest Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines decisively outmatch those of the United States’ most advanced underwater platforms.