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China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed media reports that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted trials of a new light battle tank (LBT) in Tibet. "Recently a new type of tank has undertaken trials on the Tibetan Plateau. The trials were aimed at testing the

China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its 25th Jiangkai II-class (Type 054A) frigate on 29 June, just six days after the previous ship of the class. Named Wuhu and given pennant number 539, the vessel is expected to join two other Type 054A frigates operated by the 10th

The Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) is aiming to enhance the effectiveness of its artillery forces by introducing new and more capable rocket artillery and self-propelled (SP) gun systems as well as improved sensors. Kim Hyun-Wook, Artillery Team Leader at the Defense Acquisition Program

Australia’s New South Wales government announced on 29 June that it had approved funding for an upgrade to a shipyard at the Port of Newcastle, with the goal of restoring the area’s capabilities in naval and commercial shipping maintenance and repair. The work, which will be undertaken

Nearly two years after identifying a requirement to cut its civilian workforce by 30% by 2020, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has still not put in place a firm plan to downsize its staff as part of its drive to free up money to buy new equipment. It had been hoped that the savings from more than

Russia has delivered at least 12 9K123-1 Khrizantema-S vehicle-mounted anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) systems to Azerbaijan and more than 15 systems will be delivered by the end of 2018, Jane's has learned. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence reported the arms acquisition on 24 June in an official