Pyongyang seeks “direct military assistance from Russia to include fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles and ballistic missile production equipment,” said Mira Rapp Hooper, the White House’s top advisor on the Korean peninsula,
By Colin ClarkNavy Secretary Carlos Del Toro in public has frequently referenced potential subsidies for foreign shipbuilders who establish stateside operations.
By Justin KatzSouth Korea’s defense industry is exploding, and there are some fundamental reasons why it is meeting such success in the export market.
By Gordon ArthurHanwha Defense USA’s strategy is “very much about being a prime contractor that can compete with the other peers that are here. And how do you get there? It’s about partnerships. It’s about organic growth. It’s about M&A type of capability,” CEO John Kelly told Breaking Defense.
By Michael MarrowOf 10 advanced sensor tech areas, China leads in seven and the US in three, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
By Colin ClarkThe announced deal covers 25 F-35A models, alongside 26 Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 engines and a host of equipment.
By Aaron MehtaAs Australia hails the Japanese F-35s’ arrival, it’s also working with another partner, the US, on the much more somber task of investigating the deadly crash of a US Marine V-22.
By Colin ClarkAdvancements in joint military exercises as well as efforts to counter missile threats from North Korea came out of the Camp David meetings.
By Justin KatzThe three countries will also invest in a new hotline to make communication between governments faster and easier.
By Justin Katz“We’re going to invest in technology to have a three-way hotline for the leaders and others inside their governments to communicate,” among other announcements to come Friday, said a top NSC official.
By Justin KatzThe Defense Department in particular has been keen to build up military space ties with its allies and partners in Asia in the face of China’s rapid buildup of its own space capabilities, including the development of technologies that could hold US and allied space assets at risk in a regional conflict.
By Theresa HitchensThe new Combined Joint Network Operations Security Center (CJ-NOSC) “gives us the ability [to] collaborate along with our partners, which hasn’t existed before,” US Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of Army I Corps, told Breaking Defense.
By Colin Clark
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Ankit Panda writes in this op-ed that the proliferation of long-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific may seem like a strategic advantage for different nations, but collectively increases the danger level.
By Ankit Panda