🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea has test fired a ballistic missile from its new KSS-III class AIP (Air Independent Power) equipped submarine.
The latest non-nuclear submarines are much more stealthy and formidable than previous generations. Now the South Koreans have combined this with a ballistic missile capability. This could foreshadow a new dawn in submarine capabilities.
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The latest non-nuclear submarines are much more stealthy and formidable than previous generations. Now the South Koreans have combined this with a ballistic missile capability. This could foreshadow a new dawn in submarine capabilities.
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🇸🇾 SYRIA– Temporary truce agreed between Syrian Assad regime and Daraa residents.
Hostilities between the besieged residents of Daraa Al-Balad city and forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad have ended after Russian pressure forced opposition fighters to accept a truce.
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Hostilities between the besieged residents of Daraa Al-Balad city and forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad have ended after Russian pressure forced opposition fighters to accept a truce.
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RUSSIA – Izvestia reports that tests of the Zemledeliye UMZ-K Klesh-G minelayers and an automated control system at the Mulino training area in July was considered successful. "Smart" minefields will be deployed during the Zapad 2021 exercise.
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🇰🇷 South Korea has successfully test-fired a homegrown submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a new submarine to become the world's eighth country to possess the weapon, sources said Tuesday. @DefenseBlog 🔰
🇰🇷⚓ SOUTH KOREA – The Navy held a launching ceremony Wednesday for a new 2,800-ton frigate with improved anti-submarine capabilities.
The new warship Pohang is the sixth of the country's FFX Batch II frigates to replace the Navy's 1,500-ton frigates and 1,000-ton patrol combat corvettes, according to the military.
The ceremony was held at its manufacturer Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.'s Okpo shipyard on the southern island of Geoje, with the attendance of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Won In-choul.
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The new warship Pohang is the sixth of the country's FFX Batch II frigates to replace the Navy's 1,500-ton frigates and 1,000-ton patrol combat corvettes, according to the military.
The ceremony was held at its manufacturer Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.'s Okpo shipyard on the southern island of Geoje, with the attendance of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Won In-choul.
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🇯🇵⚓ JAPAN – On 29 Aug, DSPE JS “Yugiri” conducted a training with 🇩🇪⚓ German Navy ship “Bavarian” while other European countries such as France and the UK demonstrated their will and action of commitment to the Indo-Pacific.
The video shows the training as part of the multinational efforts for FOIP.
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The video shows the training as part of the multinational efforts for FOIP.
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🇯🇵⚡JAPAN – Yesterday, the JASDF Northern Air Defense Force’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the Sea of Okhotsk.
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🇯🇵⚡ JAPAN – From Sep. 3 to 5, the JASDF’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.
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