Sourced : Royal Navy After eight days at ‘war’ the F-35A conventional aircraft achieved a 15:1 kill ratio against the F-16s. The ‘jump jet’ B version of the fifth-generation strike fighter will fly from HMS Queen Elizabeth and her sister Prince of Wales. Lt Col George Watkins, an F-35 pilot and 34th Fighter Squadron commander,… Continue reading F-35s DOMINATE WAR GAMES EXERCISE
ROYAL NAVY’S SUBMARINES TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY GROWTH
Sourced : Royal Navy The MOD is investing hundreds of millions of pounds in developing HM Naval Base Clyde as the Royal Navy Submarine Centre of Specialisation. This will see all UK attack submarines based in Argyll and Bute by 2020, and the eventual arrival of the Dreadnought class of ballistic submarines. The development is… Continue reading ROYAL NAVY’S SUBMARINES TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY GROWTH
TYPE 26 FRIGATE SHORTLISTED FOR AUSTRALIAN FRIGATE ORDER
Sourced : UK DEFENCE JOURNAL By George Allison The Defence Secretary has discussed defence co-operation and the Type 26 Frigate with the Australian Minister for the Defence Industry, Chris Pyne. It is understood that talks on defence ties between the UK and Australia also discussed defence exports and equipment. According to a press release, as… Continue reading TYPE 26 FRIGATE SHORTLISTED FOR AUSTRALIAN FRIGATE ORDER
TURKISH EXTREME-RIGHT PARTY LEADER TO GREECE: “REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN 1922”
Sourced: Proto Thema & added information The leader of the extreme right Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli openly threatened Greece that the Turkish Army is ready to throw the Greek Army from the islands into the sea again. Commenting on the recent increasing tensions between the two countries in the Aegean Sea, Mr.… Continue reading TURKISH EXTREME-RIGHT PARTY LEADER TO GREECE: “REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN 1922”
JAPAN LEADS WAY WITH LI-ON BATTERIES SUBMARINES
Sourced : Shephard By Gordon Arthur With the arrival of this eleventh Soryu-class submarine the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) will be the world’s first navy to field a conventional submarine powered by Li-ion batteries. VAdm (Retired) Masao Kobayashi, former commander of the JMSDF’s Fleet Submarine Force, explained at UDT Asia in Singapore on 18… Continue reading JAPAN LEADS WAY WITH LI-ON BATTERIES SUBMARINES
RUSSIA TO TAKE PART IN IAF TENDER FOR 400 FIGHTER JETS
Sourced : Russia & India Report By Aniket Chakraborty Russia will take part in a tender for the supply of 400 fighters for the Indian Air Force (IAF), Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Vladimir Drozhzhov told RIA Novosti on Feb. 15. According to Drozdov, who is in Bangalore for Aero India… Continue reading RUSSIA TO TAKE PART IN IAF TENDER FOR 400 FIGHTER JETS
US GENERAL SAYS SDF FORCES NEED HEAVY WEAPONS TO DESTROY ISIS IN AL-RAQQAH
Sourced: ARA News By: Wladimir van Wilgenburg Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, who recently visited the Raqqa frontline said that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces need more than the AK-47s weapons –that will be issued after 20 days of training– in the fight against ISIS. “Anti-tank weapons systems to… Continue reading US GENERAL SAYS SDF FORCES NEED HEAVY WEAPONS TO DESTROY ISIS IN AL-RAQQAH
HOW ERDOGAN WILL DERAIL CYPRUS’ REUNIFICATION
Sourced : Politico By Mujtaba Rahman (Head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice) The divided island of Cyprus is probably the closest it has ever been to being reunified. For the first time, both the North and the South have elected leaders who are genuinely willing to work toward a solution to the decades-old conflict. Over… Continue reading HOW ERDOGAN WILL DERAIL CYPRUS’ REUNIFICATION
TEMPORARY TURKISH BASE ESTABLISHED INSIDE SYRIA
Sourced : Hurriyet By Uğur Ergan The Turkish army has established a temporary base in a strategically important point of the newly captured al-Bab, located in northern Syria. Turkish military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Turkish army founded a temporary base on the hilltop of Akil inside al-Bab, which it along with… Continue reading TEMPORARY TURKISH BASE ESTABLISHED INSIDE SYRIA
RUSSIAN DELTA-CLASS SSBN “TULA” (K-114) LEAVES HANGER DURING REFIT
Sourced : Naval Today Russian Navy’s Delta-class ballistic missile submarine ‘Tula’ left the hangar of the Zvezdochka shipyard on February 26, marking an important milestone in the refit process. According to the shipyard, the boat will now undergo systems calibration and equipment checks before it enters water for delivery to the Russian Navy in the… Continue reading RUSSIAN DELTA-CLASS SSBN “TULA” (K-114) LEAVES HANGER DURING REFIT