Japan plans record defense budget of $51 billion
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The Japanese defense ministry plans to request a record 5.1 trillion yen ($51 billion) or so in the fiscal 2017 budget amid growing concerns over China and North Korea. That was reported by asia.nikkei.com. This will mark the fifth straight year that the Ministry of Defense seeks an increase in funding. Japan’s defense budget grew for […]
Lockheed Martin to bring Aegis missile defense to latest U.S., Korea and Japan destroyers
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The global Aegis fleet will expand in the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea under a $490 million deal with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to bring integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities to new destroyers. The ships will be equipped with Aegis Baseline 9, the latest evolution of the combat system, capable of […]
Russia to deploy Bastion-P coastal defence missile system to Kuril Islands
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The Russian Navy will deploy the Bastion-P mobile coastal defense missile system to the Kuril Islands near Japan border in late Summer 2016, according to a source in the Russian defense industry. The island chain known as the Kurils stretches north across the Pacific Ocean from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the southern tip […]
Bad weather over Guam has rerouted two U.S. Global Hawk drone to Japan
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Bad weather over Guam has rerouted two U.S. Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft to Okinawa, Japan. That repoted by Stars and Stripes. The RQ-4 Global Hawk has made an unscheduled debut at Kadena Air Base, Japan this week due to bad weather at its destination airport in Guam. The RQ-4 drones — which can fly up […]
North Korea fired a Rodong ballistic missile landed in near Japanese waters
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North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday morning local time, U.S. and South Korean authorities said. That reported by cnn.com. U.S. Strategic Command issued a statement saying it detected what it believes was the simultaneous launch of two presumed No Dong intermediate range ballistic missiles. The US military said it detected the simultaneous launch of two […]
F-15 of United States Air Force made an emergency landing at Komatsu Airbase
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The aircraft, belonging to 18th Wing, Kadena Airbase (DNA/RODN), suffered a hydraulic problem while a training over the Sea of Japan, and made an emergency landing at Komatsu Airbase / Airport. That reported by aviation-safety.net. The F-15 stopped on the runway, and the runway was closed for a half hour before the plane towed away, causing […]
Indian Navy will acquire 12 Japanese Shinmaywa’s long-range amphibious aircraft US-2i
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Indian Navy will acquire 12 Japanese Shinmaywa’s long-range amphibious aircraft US-2i for an approximate $1.65 billion under the government-to-government deal. The US-2i aircraft will be procured under the ‘buy global’ clause of the Defence Procurement Procedure, government sources were quoted as saying by Financial Express Saturday. The deal, which is going to be government-to-government, was […]
Japanese officials wants Heron TP drone developed by Israel Aerospace Industries
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Japanese officials were interested in the Heron TP UAV developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). That reported by asahi.com. The IAI Heron is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat (UAV) division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) operations of up to 52 hours’ duration […]
Japan will launch a tender for 100 new fighter jets
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Japan will launch a tender for fighter jets as soon as mid-July, the Ministry of Defence said, in a deal seen worth up to $40 billion as Tokyo seeks to bolster its air defenses amid creeping tension with China over disputed maritime borders. That reported by REUTERS. In one of the biggest fighter jet contracts up […]
Russian spy plane flying near the Japanese coast in the Pacific
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The General staff of the defense Forces of Japan said that Japanese fighters were raised into the air due to the passage in the Pacific, two anti-submarine aircraft of the Russian Navy Il-38. According to the Japanese Ministry, quoted by “Interfax”, the Russian planes flew to Japan from the Sakhalin island and passed over the […]