Category: South East Asia

China’s meter wave anti-stealth radar capable of guiding missiles to destroy stealth aircraft: senior designer

China’s meter wave anti-stealth radar not only detects advanced stealth aircraft, but also guides missiles to destroy them, a senior Chinese radar designer said at a recent interview.

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Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

Pakistan says it has successfully conducted a “training launch” of a ballistic missile capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads up to 1,500 kilometers.

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India Successfully Test Fires 500 Kg Guided Bomb Near Pakistani Border

South Asia’s two nuclear armed nations are testing weapons amid talks of restoring peace in the region which has been disrupted since mid-February when the Indian Air Force targetted alleged terror infrastructure inside Pakistani territory in response to a terror attack on 14 February in which 40 Indian soldiers were killed in Kashmir.

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Islamic State in Afghanistan Growing Bigger, More Dangerous

The collapse of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq is doing little to slow down the terror group’s branch in Afghanistan.

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Indian Space Agency Successfully Launches Country’s All Weather Spy Satellite

The satellite holds great importance for the Armed Forces, as an Indian Air Force (IAF) official reportedly claimed that one Mirage 2000 had missed the target during India’s air strike in Balakot, Pakistan on the suspected terror camps on 26 February due to bad weather.

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Afghan War: Hope for Exit, No Hope for Peace

President Trump should be lauded for working toward a withdrawal from Afghanistan, where 14,000 U.S. troops still remain. But he should not expect to leave behind a peaceful situation in the failed state, which is made up of a complex web of tribal divisions and hostilities.

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Pakistan’s Army to Deploy Division to Protect Economic Corridor With China

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is set to become a crucial leg of the broader Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s mega-project aiming to enhance “all-around connectivity through infrastructure construction”.

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ISIS announces new Pakistan ‘province’

ISIS has announced a new branch in Pakistan in a move analysts say is intended to boost recruitment for the flagging militants. The extremist group had claimed all of its attacks in Pakistan in the name of the group’s “Khorasan Province”, which was founded in 2015 to cover “Afghanistan, Pakistan and nearby lands”.

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Taliban attack leaves 10 soldiers dead in southern Afghanistan

The armed group’s attack in Shamulzayi district of Zabul province also leaves at least four soldiers wounded. A Taliban attack on two military checkpoints has left 10 Afghan army members dead in southern Zabul province, officials said.

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China conducts maritime exercise with advanced amphibious assault vehicles

China recently conducted a maritime exercise featuring what is being hailed as the world’s most advanced medium-sized amphibious assault vehicle, the ZTD-05s, a weapon that can join amphibious landing ships in land assault missions.

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