by | Feb 20, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — The U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam is set to open its doors to half of Singapore’s F-15 fleet, as the city state seeks to ramp up its combat readiness. The move to concentrate air warfare capabilities at the remote American installation, located at...
by | Feb 20, 2024 | Security
JERUSALEM — Israel plans to buy “tens of thousands” of assault rifles from local businesses as part of a “requirement to renew and strengthen the [Israel Defense Forces’] stockpile of weapons,” the Defense Ministry announced this week. The push to ensure independent...
by | Feb 20, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — Korea Aerospace Industries has secured another European missile supplier with the signature of a cooperation agreement with German arms manufacturer Diehl Defence that will see the integration of the IRIS-T missile into the FA-50 and KF-21 combat aircraft....
by | Feb 20, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — China this week unveiled the export version of the signature attack helicopter by the People’s Liberation Army at the Singapore Airshow here. Though China has participated in the biennial airshow in previous years, this marks the first time Chinese...
by | Feb 20, 2024 | Security
WASHINGTON — About two dozen leaders from the defense industry joined the secretary of defense for dinner in fall 1993. After the meal, later known as “the Last Supper,” came a half-hour briefing. The topic was consolidation. The Cold War was over, which meant America...
