According to Mainchi Shimbun, the Japan Ministry of Defense announced on August 31 that it will commission two Aegis-equipped surface combatants to replace the earlier plan of Aegis Ashore installations,… Continue reading "Japanese Defense Budget Expansion Includes Two 20,000 Ton Cruisers"
Taiwan’s military announced on Thursday that troops on Kinmen had shot down a civilian drone believed to have been flown from China earlier that day, the first time such a… Continue reading "Taiwanese Troops On Kinmen Shoot Down Civilian Chinese Drone For First Time"
This Wednesday, Taiwanese Parliament member Wang Ting-yu announced that on August 24 the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense signed a contract worth NT$16.88 billion for the purchase of four MQ-9B… Continue reading "Taiwan Confirms Purchase of MQ-9 SeaGuardians"
The Nauru Police Forces Maritime Unit began local testing of its two new patrol boats on 31 August, nearly three months after their scheduled arrival in the country. The Republic… Continue reading "Nauru Receives Taiwanese Donated Patrol Boats"
The United States, which has provided Lebanon with approximately $2.5 billion in military equipment since 2006, has provided further military aid to the Lebanese army. The US provided the Lebanese army… Continue reading "The US Donates 150 Humvee Armored Vehicles To The Lebanese Army"
The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan announced on Sunday that troops are are to begin shooting down intruding Chinese drones if they do not respond to and comply with… Continue reading "Taiwan to Start Shooting Down Intruding Chinese Drones"
On 25 August, at 1610 Taipei time, Taiwanese news reporter Tingting Liu reported a U.S. Army UC-35A transport aircraft arriving in Taipei later that night, after the previous high-profile visit… Continue reading "Senator Blackburn Arrives in Taiwan, Talks with President Tsai"
The China Meteorological Administration’s Weather Modification Center deployed two unmanned aerial vehicles last Thursday as part of efforts to mitigate the worst of the drought effects in the southwestern province… Continue reading "Chinese Drones Perform Cloud Seeding Amid Drought"
At 10 PM EDT on 16 August, the mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) began moving out towards the Cape Canaveral beach. For the first time since 1972, a launch campaign… Continue reading "NASA’s Artemis I Completes Rollout and Now Targets the Moon"
On August 24, footage of Taiwanese troops of the Dadan Defense Unit, on the islands of Kinmen, throwing rocks at a recording drone surfaced on Chinese social media site Weibo.… Continue reading "Chinese Drone Buzzes Kinmen Island, Territory of Taiwan"