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Russia’s secretive Khabarovsk nuclear submarine has begun sea trials, bringing six Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater weapons closer to deployment and intensifying the strategic contest…

India is doubling its leased MQ-9B SeaGuardian fleet under a US$203 million agreement, strengthening persistent maritime surveillance as Chinese naval activity and strategic competition…

Malaysia is accelerating its MRCA planning as South China Sea uncertainty and neighbouring acquisitions of F-35s, Rafales, Gripen E/Fs and other advanced fighters transform Southeast Asia’s…

IAF Rafales trained with Malaysia’s Su-30MKM and F/A-18D fighters during Udara Shakti 2026, testing dissimilar air combat, aerial refuelling and multinational interoperability across a…

Iran has claimed that its Arash-e Kamangir air-defence system destroyed a US MQ-9 Reaper near Qeshm Island, potentially exposing growing risks to American ISR operations around the Strait of…

South Korea’s $2.43 billion K2 Black Panther modernization will introduce active protection systems, electronic-warfare jammers and remote weapons to counter drones, anti-tank missiles and…

China is reportedly increasing the Type 054B frigate’s vertical launch capacity from 32 to 48 cells, potentially giving the PLAN deeper air-defence, anti-ship and anti-submarine missile…

China is positioning the WS-20-powered Y-20B as a modular multi-role platform capable of supporting strategic airlift, aerial refuelling, electronic warfare, airborne early warning and…

Malaysia is pursuing deeper defence cooperation with Iran as conflict surrounding the Strait of Hormuz exposes critical vulnerabilities affecting maritime trade, petroleum supplies and Asian…

Malaysia has launched Tunku Osman Jewa, the third and final LMS Batch 2 corvette, completing a rapid four-month sequence that moves the Royal Malaysian Navy’s new missile-armed Tunku-class…