Asia Military & Defence

MOSCOW, (BM) - Russia’s BTR-82 armored personnel carrier (APC) upgraded to the BTR-82AT level will get protection from high-explosive shells and munitions, learned Bulgarianmilitary.com, according CEO of the Military Industrial Company (the manufacturer of APCs) Alexander Krasovitsky statement. Read more: Belgium Upgrades Based Communication…

NEW YORK, (BM) - Russia’s leadership in the Arctic region remains a source of concern for the United States, US Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said during the Aspen Security Conference, BulgarianMilitary.com reports. Read more: Russian Northern Fleet will Acquire the First Arctic Air Defence Systems Tor-M2DT Next Week "Russia has…

MOSCOW, (BM) - Russia’s Rostec state corporation is ready to supply Su-35 fighter jets to Turkey if Ankara expresses an interest in their purchase, Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov stated on Thursday, learned Bulgarianmilitary.com, quoting TASS. "If our Turkish colleagues express an interest, we are ready to discuss the deliveries of Su-35," the…

NEW DELHI, (BM) - Russia continues to negotiate the delivery of fifth-generation Su-57 PAK FA fighter jets to India but supplying the aircraft to the Russian Air Force remains a priority, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Air Recognition. Russia offers India to resume its participation in a joint program on developing the fifth-generation…

NEW DELHI, (BM) - Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Wednesday it has signed a $50 million follow-up agreement to provide the Indian Navy and MDL Shipyard with complementary Naval MRSAM (Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile) systems, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Israel Defence. The agreement involves a range of maintenance and…

SINGAPORE, (BM) - The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) conducted a rare show of its missile capabilities near the disputed maritime region on 15 July as part of large-scale military drills known as Exercise 'Kerismas' and Exercise 'Taming Sari', against the backdrop of fresh tensions in the South China Sea, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Jane`s.…

TOKYO, (BM) - Shipbuilding company Japan Marine United (JMU) Corporation launched the second of two Maya (Improved Atago)-class destroyers on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on 17 July, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Jane`s. Named Haguro (pennant number 180), the 170 m-long vessel entered the water in a ceremony…

ISLAMABAD, (BM) - Police in Pakistan have arrested an Islamist cleric whom the United States has designated as a global terrorist for his alleged role in the deadly 2008 attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting VOA News. Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group and head…

MOSCOW, (BM) - Russia has completed the construction of a new military aerodrome for the Baltic Fleet’s naval aviation in its westernmost Kaliningrad Region, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting TASS. "The facility’s readiness was inspected by Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Timur Ivanov during his working trip to the Western Military…

MOSCOW, (BM) - The Typhoon JSC Research and Production Enterprise / Kaluga Instrument-Making Plant (part of the Morinformsystem-Agat Concern) unveiled a new export variant of the Bal-E (SSC-6 Sennight) mobile coastal anti-ship missile system - designated Rubezh-ME, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Janès. "The Rubezh-ME system is an…

NEW DELHI, (BM) - Indian Army is planning to make a large scale purchase of drones in order to secure the international borders, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Army Recognition. The drones to be purchased by the Indian Army will help its huge force of 1.2 million soldiers in maintaining a strong surveillance system at the borders shared…

MOSCOW, (BM) - Armored units in the Nizhny Novgorod Region in the Volga area are holding drills at the Mulino practice range, using T-72B3 tanks, Grad multiple launch rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicles, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting TASS. Read more: Russia`s Surface-to-Air Missile Has Destroyed over 100 Enemy Missiles in…

ISLAMABAD, (BM) - Pakistan has declined the request to open its airspace for Indian commercial flights and demanded that New Delhi first removes its military jets from the Pakistani-Indian border, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting GlobalSecurity and according Aviation Secretary Shahrukh Nusrat statement on Friday. "The Indian government…

ST.PETERSBURG, (BM) - Military delegations from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Vietnam have displayed interest in the Russian-made frigate Gepard-3.9 learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting TASS. The military attache from Nigeria, the delegations of the UAE, Saudi and Vietnamese navies and the armed forces of Namibia,…

ST.PETERSBURG, (BM) - The upgraded BrahMos universal cruise missile will be capable of striking targets at a range of over 500 km, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting TASS and according BrahMos Company Russian Co-Director Alexander Maksichev. "We already fired to a range of 400 km. Very soon, we will confirm that we can fire to a range of…

MOSCOW, (BM) - Russia is beginning to prepare for a potential deployment of American intermediate-range ground missiles, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told a State Duma (lower chamber) session on ensuring strategic stability, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. "We have done everything possible to preserve the Intermediate-Range…

SEOUL, (BM) - South Korea’s acquisition of American F-35 stealth fighter jets will force North Korea to develop and test “special armaments” to destroy the new weapons, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting North Korea’s state media, citing a government researcher South Korean authorities are “impudent and pitiful” for “talking loudly about…

ISLAMABAD, (BM) - The Pakistan Navy (PN) has received the second of two ATR-72 twin-engine turboprops converted into maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) under a contract signed in 2015, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Jane`s. In a 10 July press release Germany-based company Rheinland Air Service (RAS) said that it handed over the second…