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First made in Pakistan JF-17 fighter to roll out on Monday
ISLAMABAD: The first state of the art JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter plane produced in Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra will roll out on Monday. This will kick start a new era in Pak-China relationship, and aviation industry, an official source told APP here Tuesday. Both China as well as PAF attach a lot of importance [...]
Obama Lays Out America’s Asia-Pacific Agenda
WASHINGTON: The United States is a Pacific nation, and America wants to strengthen alliances and understandings in the region, President Barack Obama said in Tokyo today. Obama gave a major policy speech at Suntory Hall to 1,500 Japanese leaders. He met with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and with the emperor and empress of Japan. The [...]
General Calls for Focus on Protecting Satellites
WASHINGTON: The chief of U.S. Strategic Command wants better tools for protecting against threats from space debris — an estimated 20,000 pieces of manmade material orbiting around the planet. Gen. Kevin P. Chilton laid out what he described as his “wish list” Nov. 4, emphasizing the importance of being able to predict collisions between debris [...]
Taiwan says China starts building first aircraft carrier
Taipei: Taiwan said Wednesday that its giant neighbour China has started building its first aircraft carrier, a move analysts have said could raise military tensions in the region. The head of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau told parliament construction of the carrier had begun, Lin Yu-fang, a legislator of the ruling Kuomintang party, told AFP. However, [...]
SKorea to seek Chinese help to track cyber attacks
Seoul: South Korean police said Monday they would request help from China to track the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July. “We are now seeking help from Chinese authorities to launch a joint investigation,” a national police agency official told AFP, speaking on condition [...]
China commander says space weapons inevitable
Beijing: A top China air force commander has called the militarization of space an “historical inevitability”, state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing’s opposition to weaponising outer space. In a wide-ranging interview in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily, air force commander Xu Qiliang said it was imperative for the PLA air [...]
Budgets, Procurement Soaring in Brazil, Russia, India and China
LONDON: Frost & Sullivan estimates that the rapidly developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), will reach their collective peak by 2050, overtaking current economic leaders to emerge as the world’s richest nations. As their economies rebound, defence budgets and procurement will soar, offering enormous growth opportunities for diverse defence industries. New analysis [...]
Taiwan says China continues military build-up
Taipei: Taiwan said Tuesday that China had continued its military build-up against the island despite their warming ties, warning that the military balance had tipped in the mainland’s favour. “Despite the easing of tensions across the Strait, China has not reduced its military deployment targeting Taiwan,” the defence ministry said in its annual report. “China [...]
Gates Heads to Asia to Bolster US Alliances
EN ROUTE TO TOKYO: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is on his way to Japan, where he will discuss a broad range of defense issues as the first Cabinet-level U.S. official to visit the new Japanese Democratic Party government since it took office last month. Gates presided earlier today at the change-of-command ceremony at U.S. [...]
