• Indian Navy Warship Protect Chinese Ships from Pirate Attacks India said Friday its warships and military aircraft had foiled a pirate attack on a Chinese cargo vessel with 24 crew members on board in the Arabian Sea off Karwar in Karnataka and forced the brigands to flee. The Chinese-owned bulk ca..
• Indian Navy, Singapore Navy to Engage in Five-Day Naval Exercise in South China Sea The five-day joint naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the Singapore Navy will start tomorrow in the South China Sea. Five Indian navy ships, under the command of Rear Admiral Harish Chandra Singh Bisht, arrived in Singapore today fo..
• China, Pakistan Top Violators of Indian Air Space Since 2007 Indian air space has been violated 29 times by foreign aircraft during the period from December 2007 to November, 2010. These include 23 occasions by Pakistan, 1 by Bangladesh, 3 by China and 2 by USA. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs..
• China Conducts Joint Military Exercises in Tibet; Air Force, Artillery, Electronic Warfare Divisions Participate Chinese military has conducted its first-ever live military exercises involving air force, artillery and electronic warfare divisions near the foot of the snow-capped mountains on the Tibetan plateau, close to the Indian border. The exe..
• India Offers Reliable, Long Term Supply of Rare Earth Minerals to Japan Tokyo said today that India has agreed to provide a stable supply of rare earth minerals to Japan as the high-tech economy looks to diversify sources after a spat with key provider China. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who wou..
• Exercise Habu Nag - India, United States to Conclude Naval Exercise in East China Sea Indian and the US navy are conducting their annual amphibious training exercise -- Habu Nag -- in the East China Sea, which is designed to enhance their bilateral interoperability, including humanitarian assistance and disaster response. Fo..
• Russia, China Hold Massive Military Exercises in Central Asia Joint anti-terrorism exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Peace Mission 2010, enter their active phase on Friday at the Matybulak range in southeast Kazakhstan. The 17-day drills, which began on September 9, are aime..
• China Proliferated Missiles to Iran, Pakistan, North Korea: US Congress Report While China's disregard of missile control restrictions can undermine attempts to prevent proliferation of missile technology systems, Beijing is also using sale of small arms in Africa, a continent fast turning into a battle-ground be..
• Russia-China Ties Threatened by Chinese Illegal Copy of Sukhoi Su 27 Fighter Jet Despite holding the position as one of the world’s biggest economies, China seems unwilling to shed its reputation for producing cheap replicas. One of their more ambitious copycat efforts may put a strain on Russia-China relations. "T..
• China Delivers Third F-22P Frigate to Pakistan Navy; India Containment Policy Prevails China has delivered the third F-22P frigate to Pakistan while a fourth warship of the same class is being built at a defence shipyard in the southern port city of Karachi. Thus China continues to pursue India Containment Policy by arming st..
• Will China Trade Advanced Fighter Jets for Oil? China is aiming at a substantial share of the international market for third-generation fighter aircraft, with a particular eye on oil-rich Third World countries as part of its arms-for-oil strategy. This was evidenced by the high-profile d..
• China, India, UAE World's Biggest Arms Importers: SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a study with the world's biggest arms importer and supplier. According to the study, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the third-biggest arms importer worldwide..
• ST Engineering Expands Speciality Vehicles Business in China Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced today that its land systems arm, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd (ST Kinetics), has signed two agreements with Brilliance China Machinery Holding Limited (BCM) to acquire..
• China, Pakistan Sign JF-17 Production Agreement; China to Credit Finance Pakistani Fighter Jets Pakistan and China today signed an agreement for the serial production of 42 JF-17 Thunder jet fighters, which are expected to form the backbone of the Pakistani aerial combat fleet in coming years. Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood, the ..
• Honeywell Powers Chinese Changhe Z-11 Helicopters Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its LTS101-700D-2 engine has been selected by Changhe Aircraft Industries of Jingdezhen, China, to power the Z-11 helicopter. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “Honeywell Aerospace is..
• China Continues to Arm Pakistan Against India; Hands Over Advanced Jet Trainers to Islamabad China today handed over to Pakistan eight advanced jet trainers that will be used to train pilots for transition to fourth generation combat aircraft. The eight Karakoram K-8P jets were handed over at a ceremony at a PAF base that was at..
• China Seeks to Install Maoist Army Chief in Nepal; Encircling of India Continues China is said to be trying to gain strong influence over Nepal's army, which traditionally had strong ties with India, by taking advantage of the Maoist led government there, reported the news agencies Jan 11. It noted that there wa..
• South Africa Defense Equipment Copied by China China has had a number of dealings with South African weapons manufacturers over the past decade, most of which have not resulted in actual weapons purchases. However, several recent China-made military technologies bear suspicious resembla..
• China Tested Nuclear Weapons for Pakistan in 1990: Thomas Reed China had tested for Pakistan its first nuclear bomb as early as in 1990, enabling Islamabad to respond within weeks to the Indian atomic tests eight years later, a top US nuclear expert has claimed. "The Chinese did a massive training ..
• Air Force to Reactivate Nyama Airfield Near Chinese Border After Daulat Beg Oldi and Fuk Che airfields in Ladakh, India is aggressively pursuing plans to re-open the Nyama Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) for IAF operations close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. However, the IAF plans t..