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Pakistan’s decision to acquire China’s fifth-generation fighter jet, the FC-31 “Gyrfalcon,” is set to provide its air force with a significant edge over its traditional adversary, India, in terms of aerial capabilities.
Local defense automotive company, Mildef International Technologies Sdn Bhd (MILDEF), continues to demonstrate its commitment to expanding its global footprint.
Turkish defense company ROKETSAN is expected to export more than 500 of its “ATMACA” anti-ship missiles to customers worldwide, providing stiff competition to long-standing anti-ship missiles in the market such as Harpoon and Exocet.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have threatened to launch “more devastating counterattacks” against Israel if the Jewish state retaliates for the barrage of approximately 200 ballistic missiles fired by Iran.
Sources informed Defence Security Asia that the Ministry of Defence’s efforts to acquire F/A-18C/D fighter jets from the Kuwait Air Force are progressing smoothly.
The Royal Thai Navy aims to proceed with the purchase of its first submarine from China, several month afer cancelling the deal due to the Chinese manufacturer failure to obtain German-made engine to be used by the submarine as agreed earlier.
Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin received a visit from Turkish defence company, Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM), responsible for constructing three Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) Batch II for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).
The Multiple Rocket Launcher System (MRLS) “K239 Chunmoo” produced by Hanwha Aerospace from South Korea seems to be eyeing the Malaysian market, either to replace or complement the Brazilian-made ASTROS MLRS that has been used by the Malaysian army for quite some time.
What has become of the Ministry of Defence’s proposed acquisition of the 155mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH) system? Is the Ministry still interested in procuring it?
In a show of precision strike on Ukrainian military facilities, the Russian armed forces successfully deployed the “Iskander-M” ballistic missile, obliterating a total of 32 D-20 152mm howitzers.