Back in March, a video depicting a drone flying over the Japanese helicopter destroyer (de facto light aircraft carrier) JS Izumo was published on Bilibili – China’s equivalent of YouTube.… Continue reading "Drone Footage of JS Izumo “Likely Real” Says Japanese Ministry of Defense"
In the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung on the 28 September, President Tsai Ing-Wen of Taiwan christened the “Haikun” submarine (711) at a CSBC Corporation’s Kaohsiung shipyard. The first domestically-built… Continue reading "Taiwan Launches First Ever Domestically Built Submarine"
Taiwan’s defense ministry confirmed on Wednesday that an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the People’s Liberation Army had conducted a flight encircling Taiwan on May 2. The daily Air Defense… Continue reading "Second PLA Drone Circumnavigation Around Taiwan Reported"
On the 7 December, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency of the United States Department of Defense approved two foreign military sales deals to Taiwan, valued at $330 million and $98… Continue reading "New Round of US Arms Sales to Taiwan, AGM-88s Arrive, More Missiles On The Way"
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"
India’s defence budget for 2022-23 had allocated a record amount of $6.19 billion for capital procurement by the Indian Navy, with an eye on attaining the planned fleet strength of… Continue reading "The Next Generation: An Overview Of Indian Navy’s Surface Fleet Plans"
On 8 July an F/A-18E aircraft was blown overboard from the deck of CVN 75 USS Harry S. Truman. US Navy issued a statement on the incident on Sunday. The… Continue reading "One of USS Harry S. Truman’s F/A-18 Super Hornets Blown Overboard"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including the Chinese Type 003… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (13-17 June)"
India’s BEML Limited has issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) inviting firms to partner for co-production and supply of Articulated All-Terrain Vehicle (AATV) to the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD).… Continue reading "India Looks To Acquire Articulated All-Terrain Vehicles"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue we focus on: NATO seeking a replacement for… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (11-15 April)"