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US sending missile systems to Ukraine, but unclear if they’re a game-changer

The new rockets enable Ukrainians to strike key targets more precisely, however, President Biden said, “we are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into…

  • Published: June 2, 20222:16 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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More seek gun training in Taiwan as Ukraine war drives home China threat

Since the war in Ukraine started, bookings for combat skills training companies have nearly quadrupled in Taiwan, urging them to weigh whether to extend compulsory military…

  • Published: June 2, 20222:12 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Nature of war in Asia headed for quantum leap

Aircraft carriers are starting to look obsolete considering the advances being made in defence technology in multiple domains.

  • Published: June 2, 20229:22 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Draft of Japan’s economic, fiscal reform policy hints at 2% increase in defense spending

Defense outlays total about ¥5.4 trillion in the fiscal 2022 budget, or about 0.96% of Japan’s GDP. If this were to be raised to 2% of the GDP, it would reach about ¥11…

  • Published: June 2, 20227:18 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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South Korea sends largest-scale naval fleet to US-led exercise

This will also be the first time South Korea sends a one-star Navy official to the exercise since 1990.

  • Published: June 1, 20224:24 pm
  • Author Ji Da-gyum
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S. Korea reviews ammunition exports to restock Canadian weapons sent to Ukraine

A South Korean official said the government has not yet formally begun procedures for the export but the military is reviewing whether it is capable of supplying the artillery…

  • Published: May 31, 20222:39 pm
  • Author Ji Da-gyum
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Ukraine battle expands as Kyiv launches counteroffensive

Ukraine's push in Kherson came as its forces held off Russia's efforts to conquer and cut off a strategic strip of eastern Ukraine that is central to Moscow's struggling war…

  • Published: May 31, 20222:07 pm
  • Author May
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Taiwan jets scramble as China air force enters air defense zone

Taiwan calls China’s repeated nearby military activities “grey zone” warfare, designed to both wear out Taiwan’s forces by making them repeatedly scramble, and also to…

  • Published: May 31, 20229:19 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Ukraine receives missiles, howitzers, Zelensky expects good news on arms supplies

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine, working to boost weapons supplies, was approaching the point where it would outnumber the Russians both technologically and in terms of…

  • Published: May 30, 202211:56 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Afghanistan-based TTP poses threat to Pakistan: UN Security Council report

According to the report, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan constituted the largest component of foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan, with their number estimated to be several…

  • Published: May 30, 20229:14 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network

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