Jane's Defense News

Key Points India has assigned its latest destroyer to the country's Western Naval Command The ship's arrival comes amid rising tensions with Pakistan The Indian Navy will assign the newly inducted Project 15A Kolkata-class guided-missile destroyer, INS Chennai, to the service's Western Naval

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) published on 21 November long-delayed guidelines on how to deal with suppliers who have been charged with misconduct in defence procurement. The "guidelines for penalties in business dealings with entities" remove the previous blanket 10-year ban on

India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed that about 25% of the components used in the indigenously designed and built Tejas Mk 1 Light Combat Aircraft have been sourced from outside India. Junior defence minister Subhash Bhamre told parliament on 18 November that 344 of the so-called line

The Japanese government is planning to buy the uninhabited island of Mageshima in Kagoshima Prefecture to use it as an aviation training facility for both the US military and the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo told IHS Jane's on 22

In a calculated rebuff to an already flailing government-sponsored peace process, an alliance of four insurgent factions in the north of Myanmar's Shan State has launched a co-ordinated offensive aimed at trade centres and key logistics arteries along the country's border with China. The wave of

EVENT On 17 November 2016, Russia's internet and telecom sector's regulator, Roskomnadzor, ordered internet providers to block LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, within Russian territory. This move followed a ruling on 10 November by a Moscow court which upheld an August 2016 ruling to

South Korea is looking to secure additional technologies from the United States to support its programme to develop the Korean Fighter Experimental (KFX) aircraft, it has been disclosed. The Minister of South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Myoung-jin Chang, said on 21

EVENT Five soldiers and a civilian died in suspected jihadist attacks in north and central Mali on 20 November as the country conducted municipal elections. The delayed polls, the first since President Ibrahim Keita was elected in 2013, were originally scheduled for 2014 but repeatedly postponed

Belarus' Minotor-Service has used internal research and development funding to develop a new 4x4 multi-purpose amphibious armoured vehicle to the prototype stage. Designated Vitim, the vehicle has a monocoque all-welded steel hull that is claimed to provide protection from 7.62 mm ammunition fired

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Bamenda, capital of Cameroon's North West region, on 22 November against poor road infrastructure and perceived marginalisation of Anglophones in the country. The protest coincides with the beginning of an indefinite strike by teachers in Cameroon's

Argentine and Chilean sea platforms are to monitor the Antarctic from 15 November 2016 to 31 March 2017 under the Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol (Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada: PANC) framework. The operation includes search-and-rescue missions, monitoring maritime traffic, potential cleanup

The first battalion for the new Central African Armed Forces (FACA) should be fully formed and trained by mid-2017, the commander of the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) has said. Addressing reporters in Brussels on 16 November, Major General Eric

The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hizbullah showed off its recently established armoured unit in a parade held in the Syrian town of Al-Qusayr on 11 November. Held to mark the group's annual Martyrs' Day, the parade involved dozens of armoured vehicles, including T-72 and T-54/55 tanks, BMP-1

Indonesia's Ministry of Industry has said it will support defence exports from state-owned aerospace firm PT Dirgantara (PTDI) by providing its prospective customers with access to credit from the Indonesian Export Financing Agency, otherwise known as the Indonesia Eximbank. "We [will] give

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) contracted Damen Shipyards Group to build two new Stan Patrol 4207 vessels to replace the core of the JDF Coast Guard's fleet, the yard announced on 16 November. Damen said the new vessels will replace the JDF Coast Guard's three Damen County-class offshore patrol

Syria's longest range surface-to-air (SAM) systems have been refurbished and are now contributing to the anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) network in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said on 15 November. "We have repaired the Syrian S-200 [air defence]

Key Points TALONS is a low-cost, elevated sensor mast based on a fully automated parafoil system DARPA is now transitioning TALONS to the USN The US Navy (USN) is planning further at-sea testing of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is working with industry to develop a deployable 3-D printing capability. A concept demonstrator is currently under development, with the ultimate aim being to reduce the logistical footprint, time, and resources required to replenish components used in military

The Uruguayan Navy lacks "the necessary resources" to carry out its missions, Admiral Leonardo Alonso, commander of the Uruguayan Navy, declared on 15 November. The statement was made during the navy's 199th anniversary celebrations, with President Tabaré Vásquez in attendance.

The US State Department has approved the sale of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) Certifiable Predator B (CPB) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the United Kingdom, the Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 16 November. The approval covers the sale of 16 of