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Thirty Chinese military aircraft on Monday entered Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone — the second-biggest single-day incursion this year. The latest incident involved 22 fighter jets as well as electronic warfare aircraft, and anti-submarine and airborne early warning and control aircraft. They flew on a course close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) and the strategically important Bashi Channel. As per standard practice, Taiwan’s m...

The Kaohsiung District Court yesterday handed former Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command General Division commander Chang Pei-ning (張培凝) nearly four years in prison for assisting Hong Kong businessman Hsieh Hsi-chang (謝錫璋) in developing an espionage cell in Taiwan in contravention of the National Security Act (國家安全法). Starting in 1996, Hsieh and Chinese businessman Zeng Zhaofeng (曾昭峰) infiltrated Taiwan many times on orders of the Chinese Communist Party’...

The Ghana Navy has signed a deal under which it will be paid to provide security for the country's offshore fields. The four new Flex Fighter vessels will be used to carry out the Ghana Navy's contract with the oil industry. The Ghana Armed ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving forward with plans to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an initial increment of its Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF). A QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ target vehicle pictured on its...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving forward with plans to procure a low-cost fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as an initial increment of its Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF). A QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ target vehicle pictured on its...

UK's Ministry of Defense has published a tender specifying a firm requirement of 36 intercept and escort vessels with an option for additional 25 units over a 6-year period.

The Executive Group Director of Engineering & Managing Director at MBDA UK Announced to Speak at Defence Safety 2021 Conference SMi Group reports: MBDA has been announced to sponsor, speak and exhibit at the Defence Safety 2021 conference in London this October. London, United Kingdom, July 17, 2021 --(PR.com)-- SMi Group is pleased to announce the participation of Chris Allam, Executive Group Director of Engineering & Managing Director at MBDA UK, for the Defence Safety Conference on 4th and ...

Navy to christen new domestically built ship the ‘Yushan’ on Tuesday By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer The navy’s new 10,600-tonne warship is on Tuesday to be christened the ROCN Yushan (玉山), as the nation’s indigenous shipbuilding program reaches a milestone, sources said yesterday. The vessel, previously referred to as the “new landing platform dock,” was at a shipyard with its name freshly painted on the hull with the number 1401, the Liberty...

Rob Anders, Royal Fleet Auxiliary captain who helped to bring aid after Hurricane Dorian – obituary His vessel brought water, food, medical supplies and prefabricated buildings when disaster struck the Bahamas Captain Rob Anders Captain Rob Anders, who has died of a brain tumour aged 49, rose through the hawsepipe from deckhand to second-in-command of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. In September 2019 Anders was in command of RFA Mounts Bay, a landing ship dock operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary...