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With eye on China, India tests new long-range missile
India successfully test-fired a new long-range missile on Thursday capable of delivering a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in regional rival China and countries outside Asia. The 17-metre (56-foot) Agni V, with a range of more than 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles), was launched at 8:05 (0235 GMT) from a test site off the eastern state of [...]
North Korea vows retaliation over rocket
North Korea has warned of retaliation after the US scrapped food aid over its rocket launch, raising fears of a new nuclear test, as China reportedly suspended a refugee deal with its wayward ally. In a defiant statement late Tuesday, the nuclear-armed North broke off a bilateral agreement to halt testing of nuclear weapons and [...]
Russia-China Su-35 Fighter Talks Frozen
Negotiations on the sale of Russian advanced Su-35 Flanker-E fighters to China have been put on hold over Beijing’s refusal to buy a large consignment, Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Tuesday. “We have been promoting the Su-35 fighter on the Chinese market,” Rosoboronexport deputy chief Viktor Komardin said. “However, China only wants to [...]
US, China engaging in cyber war games: Report
US and Chinese officials have been “discreetly engaging” in cyber war games in a bid to prevent military escalation between the two countries if either felt they were being targeted, a media report said Monday. Officials from the State Department and Pentagon, along with their Chinese counterparts, were involved in two war games in 2011 [...]
Taiwan launches drill simulating Chinese invasion
Taiwan kicked off its biggest annual war game Monday, testing its ability to defend of the capital Taipei against a Chinese attack and ward off a blockade of its main naval base. Thousands of reservists reported for the five-day drill, which is codenamed “Han Kuang (Han Glory) No 28″. Hundreds of troops were also deployed [...]
New voice, same message as North Korea shows off military
As goose-stepping troops paraded in a square named after his grandfather, North Korea’s new leader spoke in public for the first time Sunday — but the message was unchanged from previous generations. “We must strengthen our military in every possible way… and accomplish the goal of building a powerful and prosperous socialist state,” Kim Jong-Un [...]
North Korean condemned over failed rocket launch
North Korea Friday launched a long-range rocket that disintegrated soon after blastoff in what the United States and Asian nations condemned as a “provocative” act threatening regional security. North Korea had said the rocket launch was aimed at putting a satellite in orbit for peaceful research purposes, but Western critics see it as a disguised [...]
Philippine Navy in standoff with Chinese ships
The Philippines said its biggest warship was locked in a standoff on Wednesday with two Chinese surveillance ships that were blocking the arrest of Chinese fishermen in the disputed South China Sea. The incident is one of the most high-profile flare-ups in recent years between the two countries over their competing territorial claims to parts [...]
The Armoured Vehicles Market 2012-2022
Armoured vehicles provide the world’s militaries with important mobility and protection in hostile environments. Despite reduced defence budgets affecting many of the world’s leading military nations, armoured vehicles are expected to remain central to defence spending for all leading armed forces, and as such we assesse that the global armoured vehicles market is worth $10.97bn [...]


