Indo-Pacific Security

China has overtaken the United States in nuclear submarine production between 2021 and 2025, launching 79,000 tonnes of new undersea capability and accelerating its SSBN expansion. The IISS…

Russia has expanded its glide bomb strike range from 60km to 100km and is now moving toward 300km, converting Cold War stockpiles into precision stand-off weapons costing just…

A Philippine FA-50PH light fighter’s simulated within-visual-range “kill” of a U.S. F-22 Raptor during Cope Thunder 23-2 has triggered global debate over stealth doctrine, Indo-Pacific…

China’s installation of a 155mm naval gun on a PLAN test vessel marks a major escalation in long-range naval artillery capability, strengthening amphibious warfare doctrine and reshaping…

Persistent defence chatter indicates Pakistan may be studying the integration of Turkey’s powerful GAZAP thermobaric warhead into its Shaheen and Babur missile systems. If realised, the move…

China’s private aerospace firm Sichuan Lingkong Tianxing Technology has unveiled the YKJ-1000 hypersonic glide missile capable of Mach 7 speeds and 1,300km range—at a reported cost of just…

Indonesia’s planned acquisition and conversion of Italy’s retired aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi marks a pivotal shift in Southeast Asia’s naval balance, introducing a drone-centric…

India has approved the procurement of six additional Boeing P-8I Neptune long-range maritime patrol aircraft as part of a USD 39.7 billion (RM187 billion) defence acquisition package,…

India and Thailand have elevated their defence partnership to a new operational level as Su-30MKI and Gripen fighter jets conduct a strategically significant joint air exercise near the…

The PLA Navy Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan has conducted high-intensity, combat-oriented exercises in the South China Sea, testing sea-air coordination and integrated…