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MILITARYBREAKING5d agoNorth Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards the seaAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARY5d agoNorth Korea fires missiles after Seoul's hypersonic testNorth Korea has conducted its fourth missile launch in October. South Korea's military called this launch a "show of force" in response to South Korea's successful test launch of a hypersonic missile.DW News [en]
MILITARY5d agoNorth Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles in continued weapons testsCBS News
MILITARY5d agoNorth Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles towards seaNoord-Korea heeft meerdere ballistische raketten afgevuurd richting de wateren ten oosten van het land. Dat meldt het Zuid-Koreaanse leger. De Zuid-Koreaanse legerleiding zegt dat de raketten werden gelanceerd vanuit een gebied rond de Noord-Koreaanse hoofdstad Pyongyang. Noord-Korea heeft de luchthaven daar de afgelopen jaren regelmatig gebruikt als lanceerlocatie. Het leger heeft niet gezegd hoeveel raketten precies werden waargenomen of welke afstand ze aflegden. Het Japanse ministerie van Defensie liet weten ten minste twee raketten te hebben gedetecteerd en schatte in dat deze terechtkwamNOS Buitenland
MILITARY5d agoNorth Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles, adding to streak of weapons testsNorth Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a recent streak of weapons demonstrations that has heightened tensions…Japan Today
MILITARY5d agoDays after AI missile test, North Korea fires another projectileNorth Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast, Seoul’s military said, after weeks of mounting friction over a landmine explosion along the countries’ heavily fortified border. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed in a statement that it had detected several ballistic missiles launched from the Pyongyang area, adding that its military “has stepped up surveillance and vigilance against possible additional launches”. Japan’s Defence Ministry separately confirmed...South China Morning Post
MILITARY5d agoDespite a China-India thaw, military relations are stuck in 2020Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi three times in the past three years. Indian pilgrims are back at Kailash, the Tibetan mountain sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. Air China has restarted flights to New Delhi. But can trust grow between two armies that meet only in a crisis? And why does the Pentagon now talk to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) more easily than India’s army does? In September, Xi made his first visit to India in nearly seven years; Beijing...South China Morning Post
MILITARY5d agoJapan weighs railway upgrades as part of defense spending pushJapan is considering railway upgrades as part of an initiative to increase defense spending. This suggests a strategic integration of civil infrastructure with national defense capabilities.Seeking Alpha Tech
MILITARY5d agoHow Taiwan’s military manpower shortage is undermining its ability to fightSouth China Morning Post
MILITARY6d agoCourt Says Discharged Soldiers Can Still Contest Military DisciplineA Seoul appeals court ruled a discharged soldier can still seek to cancel a military disciplinary penalty, citing possible harm in future public hiring.sedaily · south korea
MILITARY6d agoJapan to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones from SkyFallJapan's Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to purchase interceptor drones manufactured by Ukrainian company SkyFall.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARY6d agoAre Chinese military aircraft already using a new joint air facility in Laos?Chinese military aircraft may already be using a new joint aviation facility in Laos, with satellite imagery showing twice as many K-8/JL-8-family trainer aircraft there as the Laotian air force is assessed to possess. Eight of the two-seat trainer and light-attack aircraft were visible at Ban Keun Airport in commercial satellite imagery taken on September 30, according to Reuters, which first reported the images. More than two dozen military and support vehicles were also visible. The image was...South China Morning Post
MILITARY6d agoTaiwan to boost military spending to 'deter war' with ChinaDW News [en]
MILITARYOct 10Taiwan president says defence spending boost aims to ‘deter war’Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 9First Look At Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Just Tested By South KoreaThere is something of a budding, but murky hypersonic arms race emerging on the Korean Peninsula. The post First Look At Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Just Tested By South Korea appeared first on TWZ.The War Zone
MILITARYOct 9US Army activates new multi-domain task force to ‘deny, disrupt’ enemies in Indo-PacificThe new 4th Multi-Domain Task Force includes four battalions and is planned to grow to 2,100 soldiers.Military Times
MILITARYOct 9US Army activates new multi-domain task force to ‘deny, disrupt’ enemies in Indo-PacificThe new 4th Multi-Domain Task Force includes four battalions and is planned to grow to 2,100 soldiers.Defense News
MILITARYOct 9Why Is China Proposing Reciprocal Nuclear Laboratory Visits?While China and the U.S. still disagree on the size of nuclear forces and the path of arms control, can they exchange meaningful information on certain technical issues?The Diplomat
MILITARYOct 9With war project, US tech ecosystem is beginning to look a lot like China’sThe world’s wealthiest man has just been appointed to a Pentagon commission that will help decide what the future of warfare looks like. Elon Musk, alongside Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, is to lead “Project Meridian”. It follows a strategy by this White House that moves government and the tech sector ever closer. Project Meridian goes much further than the influence of defence contractors in Washington. It marks the beginning of Silicon...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 9Japan’s Okinawa calls for review of US forces pact after killingAssembly on the island, where tens of thousands of US soldiers are stationed, seeks change after Marine arrested.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 9US-Japan-Poland strategic triangle can encourage a ‘peaceful war’As Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the final stage of the massive Tsentr-2026 military exercise in the Urals recently, Chinese troops were training alongside forces from Russia, Belarus and other countries. More than 47,000 military personnel joined the exercise, which incorporated lessons from the war in Ukraine. The symbolism extends beyond Chelyabinsk. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Chinese military exercises with Belarus – and now China’s participation alongside Russian and...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 9How quickly is China learning from the Ukraine war’s latest drone tactics?China is running the most systematic effort of any outside power to learn from the drone war in Ukraine, with military and defence-industry analysts typically writing up new battlefield techniques within about four months, according to a new analysis. But it usually took a year or more before those lessons showed up publicly in People’s Liberation Army (PLA) training, equipment or force structure, Lilly Min-Chen Lee and Kateryna Bondar wrote in a commentary published on October 7 by the...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 8Pentagon unveils US$350 million quantum computing push as China rivalry growsThe Pentagon announced on Thursday a new multimillion-dollar initiative for “maintaining American leadership” in quantum computing capabilities amid accelerating competition between the US and China over the military application of advanced technology. In a press release, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defence for Research and Engineering, which serves as the US Department of Defence’s chief technology adviser, announced that the new initiative, worth around US$350 million, is aimed at...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 8South Korea test-flies its first home-grown hypersonic weaponSouth Korea flight-tested on Thursday its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade missile defence systems, bringing Seoul closer to what it says could be game-changing weapons capabilities. There was no immediate response from North Korea, which last week tested its own hypersonic missile that landed in the waters near Japan. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung attended the test, saying it was a major step in strengthening...South China Morning Post