DefenceTalkTaiwan’s military relations with Beijing have plunged to their lowest point in four decades, the island’s defence minister warned on Wednesday, following a string of record Chinese jet incursions into Taipei’s air defence zone. “For the military, the current situation is the most grim in over 40 years since I’ve joined the service,” Chiu Kuo-cheng […]

DefenceTalkTurkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed deepening defence industry cooperation with Russia during talks with his counterpart Vladimir Putin this week, the Turkish leader was quoted as saying Thursday. Erdogan and Putin held their first face-to-face talks in 18 months in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday, with the Syrian conflict high on […]

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe president of Serbia says the Balkan nation is seeking to purchase more warplanes. Aleksandar Vucic accused the United States and other Western countries of arming Serbia’s NATO neighbors and Kosovo, a former province of Serbia. “The Americans, Turks, and Germans are taking care of their beloved child,” Vucic said on July 26, referring to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/serbian-president-says-balkan-nation-seeking-more-warplanes-76042/

DefenceTalkThe United States, China and several other countries on Saturday agreed in principle to guidelines on preventing unplanned warplane encounters, the latest effort to avoid military confrontations in Asia. Risks of chance encounters between military aircraft spiralling out of control have risen in recent years as Beijing becomes ever more assertive in the South China […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-back-military-air-rules-to-avoid-mishaps-71908/

DefenceTalkDeputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad warned on Thursday that Syria’s air force could destroy any Turkish warplanes used in a threatened assault on the war-torn country. “We warn that the Syrian Air Force is ready to destroy Turkish air targets in the skies of Syria,” Mekdad told reporters, according to Syria’s official SANA news agency. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-threatens-to-destroy-turkish-warplanes-71092/

DefenceTalkWASHINGTON: Russia’s arming its Su-34 warplanes in Syria with air-to-air missiles can only complicate an already difficult situation in Syria’s airspace, Pentagon spokesperson Michelle Baldanza told TASS on Monday. “Such systems will further complicate an already difficult situation in the skies over Syria and do nothing to further the fight against ISIL [the former name […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-warns-russia-against-arming-warplanes-syria-air-to-air-missiles-65943/