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Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami Aksoy on Friday condemned the joint declaration by the Southern European Union Member States (Med7) summit held on Sept. 10 in Corsica. Statements included in the Med7 joint declaration were “devoid of any legal ground, biased and unrealistic, as this...

According to a press release published on September 11, 2020, Swedish Company Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the RBS15 anti-ship missile for provision to the German Navy. Corvette GÄVLE firing an RBS15 anti-ship missile. (Picture source SAAB) This...

Yemeni armed forces have launched missile and drones strikes against a strategic target in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as they step up their campaign of retaliation against the aggressor regime. AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree...

Iranian navy stand on the Kharg ship at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia on 27 February 2020. [Anton Raharjo - Anadolu Agency] September 11, 2020 at 10:05 am Iran’s military yesterday launched comprehensive military exercises in the Arabian Sea, with the participation of...

U.S. and other Western leaders have long worried about what to do if an armed conflict ever erupted between two NATO members. Rapidly rising tensions between Greece and Turkey, primarily involving a maritime dispute over oil, natural gas, and other resources under the eastern Mediterranean, have...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military union between mostly Western countries is faltering. The current Turkish-Greek tension...

Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez provides security with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype at a simulated austere base. The US Air Force has drafted creepy, faceless robot dogs to prepare for combat. The futuristic four-legged friends were deployed to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada last week as...

This Handout photo made available on August 25, 2020 by the Swedish Armed Forces shows a JAS-39 fighter airplane and an armoured combat vehicle are seen at a road base in Gotland, Sweden. - Sweden's military is currently putting on a show of force in the Baltic Sea as a signal to Russia amid...

MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the government of Cavite, a populous province on the southern shores of Manila Bay, to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in the province as part of a 500-billion peso (S$14...

They may be hailed as symbols of equality, but harsh reports from human rights groups say some young women are being forced into military service A PKK Kurdish female fighter sits in an armored vehicle at a battle line outside the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on October 6, 2014.Credit...

Here's What You Need To Remember: Lockheed could succeed in shrinking down its HELIOS laser in order to fit a future fighter plane before any new plane is ready to carry it. Alternatively, the company could offer the laser as an upgrade for existing fighters. But directed-energy weapons require...

A U.S. Army self-propelled howitzer firing a Mach-5 shell just shot down a cruise missile for the first time. It’s a big deal. Imagine, in some future war, Army howitzers ringing a strategic air base in the western Pacific, swatting down incoming missiles so the base’s planes can take off and...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami unveiled plans to extend the range of homegrown air-launched cruise missiles beyond 1,000 kilometers. In an interview with Iran daily paper, the defense minister highlighted the country’s advances in the missile industry...

Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Defense Ministry plans to acquire by March 2022 standoff missiles with a range of about 500 kilometers that can attack a target from outside the ranges of enemy missiles, including in the defense of remote islands, according to informed sources...

A group of Haftar militiamen was tracked moving on the road between Ajdabia city and Brega northeast of the country, with an air defense system, said a statement by the Libyan Army on Saturday. In a series of tweets this morning, the Libyan army spokesman, Colonel Muhammad Gununu confirmed that...

According to a press release published on September 3, 2020, Austal USA delivered the Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship USNS Newport (EPF 12) to the U.S. Navy at the company’s headquarters here, September 2, 2020. Newport is the 22nd surface ship Austal USA has delivered to the US Navy in...

5-day military drill to began on Sunday in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, says Turkey’s Defense Ministry ANKARA Forces of Turkey and Turkish Cyprus will start an annual five-day military drill on Sunday, according to Turkey’s Defense Ministry. The drill in the Turkish Republic of...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force's new Aegis-equipped destroyer, Maya, is seen put into commission in March in Yokohama. | KYODO Japan is considering building new destroyers specializing in missile defense as an alternative to an abandoned plan to introduce the Aegis Ashore land-based missile...

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,” famed Chinese strategist Sun Tzu once wrote. Here's What You Need To Remember: China’s military appears to be adopting a strategy that Sun Tzu might have approved of. The “systems destruction warfare” approach can be...

Tehran, Sept 3, IRNA – Iran's Minister of Defense Brigadier-General Amir Hatami said on Thursday that the country will not allow the enemy to impede the production through sanctions and pressures. Speaking in a ceremony to open a military parts exhibition, Brigadier-General Hatami said when...