China’s People’s Liberation Army conducted a series of military exercises off the coast of Taiwan between 8 and 10 April, in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the… Continue reading "Interview: Understanding The Messaging From China’s Joint Sword Exercises"
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) continues to make significant exports of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. Having recently exported a total of 24 ANKAs to Indonesia, Algeria and Chad, the company will… Continue reading "Angola Purchases Aksungur Armed Drones From Turkey"
On 15 February, the U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a modification contract for integrating the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon system on the Zumwalt class. According to the press… Continue reading "Zumwalt-class Destroyers Move One Step Closer to Fielding Hypersonic Weapon Systems"
On 6 October, 2022 the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Force conducted a large-scale aerial exercise filling the sky with their aircraft while under the watchful gaze of North… Continue reading "North Korean Leader Oversees Military Exercises in Response to US and ROK"
On 25 July, Taiwan began its Han Kuang 38 Exercise, simulating the repelling of an attack by China. This year, the annual drills have been even to greater significance as… Continue reading "With Lessons From Ukraine, Taiwan Concludes Own Invasion Drills"
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 topics including the second hypersonic ARRW booster test,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (18-22 July)"
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command joint forces completed the ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield on the 17 June. The one-and-a-half-week-long exercise involved personnel from the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army,… Continue reading "US INDO-PACOM Forces Conclude Exercise Valiant Shield 2022"
Recently released photographs show that the Russian Navy has taken at least one captured Ukrainian patrol vessel into service. The photographs show a Pr. 58155 Gyurza-M gunboat flying the blue… Continue reading "Russia Presses Captured Ukrainian Gunboats into Service"
Philippine Army (PA) and Marine Corps (PMC) are set to receive multi-launch rocket systems (MLRS) as early as June of this year. News of the upcoming shipment was announced on… Continue reading "Philippines Set to Soon Receive First-Ever MLRS from Korea"
The U.S. Navy christened its first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on March 26, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was pier side in Pascagoula, Mississippi where… Continue reading "U.S. Navy Christens Its Most Advanced Arleigh Burke Variant"