The 3-day SIMBEX 2021 bilateral naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), which has been held yearly since 1994, came to an end on… Continue reading "Singapore And India’s 28th Bilateral Maritime Exercise ‘SIMBEX’ Concludes"
Pakistan claims to have successfully executed a test firing of its domestically designed Guided Multi-Barrel Rocket System. The Fatah-1 is capable of delivering conventional warheads, the test was revealed in… Continue reading "Pakistan Tests Domestically Developed Guided Multi-Rocket Launcher System Fatah-1"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (16-20 August)"
Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston arrived in Manila on 16 August, becoming the first United States warship to conduct a port call in the Philippines since 2019, according to the… Continue reading "USS Charleston Visits The Philippines"
The United States Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is resuming procurement efforts for its defensive hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program after a long pause that followed its… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Resumes Hypersonic Missile Defenses Effort"
The United States Navy is reinforcing its 7th fleet, stationed in Japan, with two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The USS Higgins (DDG 76) and USS Howard (DDG 83) arrived at… Continue reading "US Navy Reinforces Indo-Pacific Fleet With Two New Destroyers"
Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) launched the first of four MILGEM corvettes planned for the Pakistan Navy on 15 August. The lead ship of its class, named PNS Babur, is on… Continue reading "First Pakistani Babur-class MILGEM Corvette Launched at Istanbul Shipyard"
From 9 to 13 August, the ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 exercise was held at the army tactical training base in Qingtongxia City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in Western China. Despite the fact that… Continue reading "Joint Russo-Chinese ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 Exercise Comes To An End"
The Royal Malaysian Police has identified four airmen killed in an apparent murder-suicide on Friday morning at a Royal Malaysian Air Force base in East Malaysia’s Sarawak state. Kota Samarahan… Continue reading "Four Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Royal Malaysian Air Force Base"
Pakistan successfully test-fired the Ghaznavi surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Thursday. The missile is designed to be capable of delivering multiple warheads with a range of up to 290 kilometers. The… Continue reading "Pakistan Conducts Training Launch For Ghaznavi Surface-To-Surface Ballistic Missile"