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NEW DELHI — India is developing homemade electronic warfare (EW) systems that will have a range of up to 500 kilometers when fitted on UAVs and aircraft. At present, India is using ground-based EW systems fitted on naval platforms with a range of only 10 to 20 kilometers.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized Feb. 21 for the “inappropriate treatment” of copies of the Quran at an American base in Afghanistan and promised a swift investigation.
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani navy took delivery Feb. 21 of two state-of-the-art, U.S.-made surveillance aircraft nine months after Islamist militants destroyed two similar planes, officials said.
In line with a new U.S. strategy placing increased emphasis on the Pacific, the Navy’s second-highest-ranking officer is visiting Australia and Singapore, meeting with defense officials to discuss a greater U.S. presence in the southwest Pacific.
SEOUL — South Korean troops staged a live-fire artillery exercise Feb. 20 near the disputed Yellow Sea border despite threats from North Korea's new leadership of "merciless" retaliation.
ISLAMABAD — Bordering Afghanistan and near the Arabian Sea, Pakistan has become a frontline state in global anti-terrorism endeavors since 2001. Maritime counterterrorism and anti-piracy efforts have increasingly drawn the Pakistan Navy (PN) into international operations such as Coalition Task Force 150 and counterpiracy Coalition Task Force 151.
TAIPEI — Taiwan's navy will ask parliament to fund the purchase of up to eight new submarines within the next two months, reviving an acquisition that has been in limbo for over a decade, local media said Feb. 20.
SEOUL — North Korea warned Feb. 19 it will bombard islands near the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea if an upcoming naval firing drill by Seoul violates its territorial waters.
Kabul — Afghanistan’s defense ministry has begun ordering soldiers who have families in Pakistan to move them to Afghanistan in a bid to rid the army of Taliban infiltrators, officials said Feb. 18.
SINGAPORE — Beijing-based Yotaisc Science and Technology Development Co. unveiled the X200 vertical take-off/landing (VTOL) UAV for the first time at the Singapore Airshow.
SINGAPORE — Lockheed Martin announced plans at the 2012 Singapore Airshow to create two C-130J variants.
SINGAPORE — Lockheed Martin is offering F-16 fighter customers a new variant dubbed the “Viper,” which is intended to better operate with fifth-generation fighters.
SINGAPORE — A competition pitting Northrop Grumman against Raytheon to supply Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) radars for retrofits for F-16 fighter upgrade programs in South Korea and Taiwan is heating up at the Singapore Airshow.
NEW DELHI — The Indian Air Force (IAF) will begin inducting Russian-made medium-lift Mi-17V5 helicopters Feb. 17, according to an Indian Defence Ministry release.
SINGAPORE — Canada’s CAE will set up a military and civilian helicopter training center with Brunei as part of a multipurpose training operation, CAE and the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) announced at the Singapore Airshow on Feb. 15.
SINGAPORE — Beijing-based Yotaisc Science and Technology Development Co. unveiled the X200 vertical take-off/landing (VTOL) UAV for the first time at the Singapore Airshow.
WELLINGTON — Withdrawal from its major deployments, delayed upgrade projects and the effective absence for more than six months of the Navy’s flagship are included in a brief prepared for New Zealand’s new Defence Minister, Jonathan Coleman.
NEW DELHI — India will next month test a new long-range nuclear-capable missile which can strike targets more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) away, a defense research spokesman said Feb. 16.
SINGAPORE — Indonesia’s air force will purchase a fleet of Airbus Military C295 transporters, the two sides announced in the first significant defense contract of the Singapore Airshow, which opened Feb 14.
SINGAPORE — Coast guards in two Asian countries have struck deals with Sikorsky Aircraft to supply helicopters for search and rescue and other duties, the company announced at the Singapore air show as it opened here Feb 14.
SINGAPORE — China’s defense budget will double between 2011 and 2015 and outstrip the combined spending of all other key defense markets in the Asia-Pacific region, global research group IHS said Feb. 14.
ISLAMABAD — Islamabad publicly admitted Feb. 14 that it had allowed NATO to use Pakistani airspace to fly supplies into Afghanistan, despite a more than two-month blockade on the border crossings.
SINGAPORE — Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with the U.S. that will make it the launch customer for Boeing’s AH-6i light attack helicopter.
NEW DELHI — A hitman on a motorbike fixed a suspected magnetic bomb on an Israeli embassy car in the Indian capital Feb. 13, police said, in one of two attacks in New Delhi and Tbilisi blamed by Israel on Iran.
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