Japan

Japanese authorities have decided to cancel the plan to deploy US-made AEGIS Ashore missile defense systems in Akita and Yamaguchi Prefectures, has learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

They plan to turn a small unit into a large structure in the future. The publication emphasizes that an important pillar for the project will be the cooperation of Japan and the United States in space.

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on December 27 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Japan to send warship, aircraft to Middle East to protect vessels Japan will send a warship and patrol planes to protect Japanese ships in the Middle East as the situation in the region, from which it sources nearly 90% of its crude oil…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on November 16 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: In ceasefire breach, rockets fired at Beersheba; IDF hits Hamas targets in Gaza The Israel Defense Forces attacked Hamas terror targets in Gaza on Saturday morning after rockets were fired from the Strip into Israel several hours…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 10 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Israeli planes struck east Syria, says Hezbollah military media unit Israeli planes hit a Syrian army camp under construction in eastern Syria early on Monday without casualties, said a military media unit run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 3 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Iran said hindering IAEA probe at alleged nuclear warehouse exposed by Netanyahu Iran is obstructing a UN investigation into a site first identified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year as a secret nuclear warehouse used to…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 8 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: S-400 teams strike enemy high-speed missiles in Volga area drills The teams of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems from the air defense forces of Russia’s Central Military District repelled an attack by a notional enemy’s high-speed…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 3 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: U.S. Navy pilot killed in California crash was 33-year-old lieutenant The fighter pilot who perished in the crash of his fighter jet in Death Valley National Park in California was identified by the U.S. Navy on Friday as Lieutenant…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 1 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: North Korean soldier defects across the DMZ, South Korea says The South Korean military detained a North Korean soldier who crossed the heavily fortified demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates the two countries, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs…

TOKYO, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Japan’s air force said on Monday “spatial disorientation” likely caused one of its pilots to fly his F-35 stealth fighters into the Pacific Ocean in April, hitting the water at more than 1,100 kph (683 mph), learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. The Lockheed Martin Corp jet disappeared from radar…

TOKYO (BGN) - Northrop Grumman Corporation completed its first delivery of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on March 29, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according Northrop statement. Read more: Japan May Receive up to Nine Early-Warning Aircraft “Northrop Grumman’s longstanding partnership with Japan…

KIEV, Ukraine (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Last week, on Tuesday, Japanese military officials said they had lost an F-35 fighter at 84 miles from the east coast of the Aomori Prefecture in the Pacific Ocean. The Ukrainian online media Strana believes that Russia and China are currently looking for the wreckage of the crashed plane, learned…

TOKYO, Japan (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirmed Wednesday morning local time that a missing F-35A has crashed, pointing to debris sighted and recovered Tuesday night by ships and helicopters searching for the aircraft, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defense News. The pilot remains missing. U.S.…

EVERETT, Washington, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Earlier this week, 10th December 2018, Boeing revealed that the U.S. Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force’s second Boeing KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: GA-ASI Is in Search of…

CANBERRA, Australia (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Australian Department of Defence announced on Tuesday (4th December 2018) that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will deploy a C-130J Hercules transport aircraft to Guam for Operation Christmas Drop 18, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Operation Christmas Drop 18 is the world’s longest running…

SAN DIEGO/TOKYO (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), is in search of establishing partnerships with defence industry suppliers and related businesses in Japan, learned BulgarianMilitary.com That was revealed by the company last week on…

TOKYO, Japan (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Airbus Helicopters announced last week on 29th November that the company will build a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) complex next to its existing facility in the Kobe Airport Facility, Japan, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The start of the construction works is scheduled for June 2019 and it is…

TOKYO, Japan (BulgarianMilitary.com) — As reported by a senior official with Japan’s F-35 program, Japan is on the way of boasting about its first F-35 operational unit after the graduation of its first locally trained class of five F-35 pilots, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The JASDF (Japan Air Self-Defence Force) F-35 aircraft are assigned to…

WASHINGTON, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The upcoming scheduled Vigilant Ace 2018 allied joint military exercise has been cancelled and that decision was jointly approved by the U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis and his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo. That was announced by the United States Department of Defense on Friday, 19th…

SINGAPORE, Singapore, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - On 19 October, the Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu arrived in Singapore for an official visit during which he held talks with the Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and attended the 5th Defence Ministers’ Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - ADMM-Plus and ASEAN eight…