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The UAE’s potential purchase of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae could revolutionise Gulf airpower, strengthen cross-regional defence ties, and challenge decades of Western dominance in the…

In a historic display of undersea firepower, Malaysia has for the first time fired a live, war-ready Black Shark heavyweight torpedo from its Scorpène-class submarine KD Tun Razak during…

Pakistan has thrown down a high-stakes gauntlet, demanding a joint aircraft inventory audit with India to debunk claims from Operation Sindoor that the Indian Air Force destroyed multiple…

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh’s first-ever admission that Operation Sindoor saw five Pakistani fighter jets and an AEW&C destroyed by India’s S-400 at 300km…

India turns down the US F-35, possibly due to embedded ‘back doors’ in export versions as alleged by an Russia expert, with the Russian Su-57E emerging as the preferred choice to bolster…

The Royal Malaysian Navy’s plan to acquire six new Anti-Submarine Warfare helicopters marks one of its most strategic defence upgrades in decades, enhancing Malaysia’s ability to detect,…

The first Indonesian Rafale-B has emerged from Dassault Aviation’s Bordeaux facility, marking the start of a 66-jet build-up that will make the Indonesian Air Force one of the most powerful…

The PL-17, with a reach of up to 400km, is China’s most dangerous air-to-air missile yet — and if deployed by Pakistan, it could fundamentally upend India’s airpower strategy in South Asia.

In a major breakthrough in modern warfare, Russia’s Su-57 Felon is now armed with Zircon hypersonic and Kh-102 nuclear missiles, giving it unmatched stealth strike capabilities that no U.S.…

Malaysia is exploring the integration of BrahMos-A supersonic air-launched cruise missiles onto its Su-30MKM fighters, in a move that could dramatically upgrade the Royal Malaysian Air…