Turkey Replaces Foreign-Made Weapons With Locally-Manufactured Armaments
The Turkish government has signed contracts to replace foreign-made weapons system used by its armed forces with those manufactured by its local defence companies.
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The Turkish government has signed contracts to replace foreign-made weapons system used by its armed forces with those manufactured by its local defence companies.
Pakistan is reportedly in negotiations with China to acquire a number of Hongdu L-15 light combat aircraft, intended to replace the aging Chinese-made J-7G light fighter jets currently in use by the Pakistan Air Force.
Recently, a naming and commissioning ceremony for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Patrol Crafts (PC), namely KD SRI SABAH and KD SRI SARAWAK, took place at the RMN Base Jetty in Tanjung Gelang, Kuantan.
South Korea is forced to independently develop its own Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for use in its 4.5-generation aircraft, the KF-21 “Boramae,” as the United States has been unwilling to share the technology necessary for radar development.
The administration of President Joe Biden is reported to have written a letter to the country’s Congress requesting approval for the sale of 40 F-16 Block 70 fighter jets and 80 fighter aircraft modernization kits to Turkey, estimated to be worth US$20 billion (RM90 billion).
In recent weeks, Pakistan conducted a test launch of the Fatah-II missile, while just a few hours ago, its primary adversary, India, carried out a test launch of the upgraded BrahMos guided missile.
Not long after Saudi Arabia expressed its intention to commence negotiations with France to purchase 54 Rafale fighter jets, the German government, in turn, decided to withdraw its opposition to the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to the Arab country.
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) had to retire one of its multimillion dollar fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft due to over US$100 million worth of damages it sustained in a bird strike incident that occurred in January 2022.
A total of 24 Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza last night, marking the highest single-day death toll for the country’s forces since launching a ground assault on the Gaza Strip over three months ago.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has acquire four medium-sized AW189 helicopters developed by Leonardo Helicopters.