Chinese-made Type 92 wheeled armored personnel carrier catches fire in eastern Myanmar. The fire on Myanmar Army Type 92 armoured personnel carrier in Tachileik border town occurred at around 9:45 P.M., local media said. In the footage, filmed in Tachileik on Wednesday, firemen can be seen battling the fire in the burnt-out armoured personnel carrier at the side of the […]

Chinese media has announced on 15 October that the newest long-range strategic bomber will unveil during a parade as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in 2019. According to the news reports, China to unveil its new long-range strategic bomber at the large-scale air force military parade to mark the 70th anniversary […]

U.S. defense officials have confirmed that a USS Decatur came dangerously close to a Chinese destroyer during a recent exercise, forcing the US destroyer to perform evasive manoeuvres to avoid a collision. “A (People’s Republic of China) Luyang destroyer approached USS Decatur in an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South […]

The National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan has received its first Y8F200W military transport aircraft from China. According to Kazakhstan’s source, the National Guard has received into service the first of 8 ordered Chinese-made Y8F200W military transport aircraft. The aircraft is built by the Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation at its facility in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province. The Y8F200W modification is different from basic version […]

Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe during his visit to the Vostok 2018 maneuvers at the Tsugol training ground. Having held the closed meeting, the defense ministers inspected an auxiliary command post of the Eastern Military District, command post of the 29th Army […]

Hundreds of Chinese armoured combat vehicles, attack helicopters, fighter jets and thousands of soldiers take part in the biggest military exercise in Russia since 1981, in a show of strength and friendship between Asia’s two largest military powers. About 3,200 troops, along with over 1,000 pieces of weaponry and 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters from […]

The well-known defense observer has released on its page on Twitter the incredible satellite footage that showing launch of the OneSpace OX-S1 ‘Chongqing Liangjiang Star’ suborbital rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. On September 7, Chinese space startup OneSpace successfully launched its second suborbital rocket from a site in the Gobi Desert, marking a step towards […]

The newest Russian “Bezuprechnyy” (Rubin-class patrol boat) border patrol vessel, designed to combat surface and airborne targets and threats, has broken down and had to be towed back to port. According to the Mil.Press FlotProm, the new border patrol vessel was back to port after a series of Chinese-made diesel engine problems. The “Bezuprechnyy” must have a CHD622V20CR diesel […]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed that on Thursday that the group’s fighters have shot down a CH-4B armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Royal Saudi Air Force. According to a statement issued by the Houthi’s media on 30 August, Saudi CH-4B armed UAV was shot down near Tuwal border crossing. In a Twitter post, the unofficial Yemen Observer […]

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force jets were scrambled to escort Chinese Shaanxi Y-9JB electronic warfare and surveillance aircraft on August 29, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced in a statement. According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) statement, Chinese Shaanxi Y-9JB Chinese surveillance aircraft, otherwise known as GX-8 electronic intelligence (ELINT) gathering aircraft, skirted the islands of Tsushima […]