North Korea's leader says nuclear deterrence will ‘guarantee' national security
28 July 2020
by Gabriel Dominguez
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme will “guarantee” the country’s security and future, despite what he referred to as continuing outside pressure and military threats.
In a 27 July speech carried by Pyongyang’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper the same day to mark the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950–53 Korean War, Kim said Pyongyang had developed nuclear weapons to have the power to “prevent and contain war so that the pain and suffering of the war of the 1950s will never be repeated”.
US lawmakers grill US Navy officials on proposed shipbuilding budget
18 April 2024
by Michael Fabey
US lawmakers question the US Navy request to fund only one Virginia-class submarine (pictured) in fiscal year 2025. (Janes/Michael Fabey)
Members of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee raised concerns about the proposed US Navy (USN) plan to pare down key shipbuilding programmes on 17 April during the subcommittee hearing on the USN's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget request.
RAF, RAAF reform respective 80 Sqns as US-based F-35 data centres
18 April 2024
by Gareth Jennings
The chiefs of the RAF and RAAF reconstituting their respective 80 Squadrons during a joint ceremony at Eglin AFB in the US. (Crown Copyright)
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) stood up their respective 80 Squadrons on 17 April to serve as US-based data units for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Announced by the RAF, the two separate but linked squadrons were reconstituted during a joint ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida.
DRDO test-fires ‘Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile'
18 April 2024
by Kapil Kajal
The ITCM (pictured above from its test on 18 April) is a technology demonstrator programme to validate the capability of small turbofan engines. (Indian Ministry of Defence)
India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired its ‘Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM)' from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the northeastern coast of Odisha, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a press release on 18 April.
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