Asia Defense

India’s participation in the Desert Flag VI provides an additional data point illustrating the country’s deepening defense ties with Middle Eastern powers.

Though the United States has enthusiastically jumped on the hypersonics bandwagon, key questions about the capability remain.

Recorded Future, a private intelligence firm, claims that a Chinese state-backed entity systematically targeted multiple load dispatch points to strategic ends.

As great power competition rises to the fore – and counterterrorism operations recede into the background – U.S. special forces will have to adapt.

But the U.S. would find it difficult to disentangle from legacy commitments in Middle East.

A PLA Daily article noted that two officers and three soldiers have received military honors for their performance during the June 15 clash – four of them posthumously.

While energy security continues to dominate the agenda, security and defense cooperation are becoming more important in the India-Saudi relationship.  

The Aero India 2021 airshow shows India is hoping to boost its defense exports to IOR countries.

Canada’s new frigates are the size of cruisers, and indicative of a wider trend toward ever-more complicated and expensive weapons.

The Biden administration is highly unlikely to continue with Trump’s maximalist nuclear modernization plans.

A resurgent Russian submarine capability presents considerable challenges for the United States and allied powers.

Novel technologies hold out the prospect of fundamental changes in military effectiveness and strategy. The tricky part is understanding and communicating when those changes are coming.