#defence

Collection of defence news, found 1.124 news.

Australia strengthens presence in Indonesia

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, as part of her busy schedule, visited Jakarta, Makassar in South Sulawesi ...

Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff dies

Johan Cruyff, the legendary Dutch football striker and coach, has died of lung cancer aged 68, according to a message ...

Indonesia, Turkey to strengthen defense cooperation

The Indonesian Vice President, Jusuf Kalla, and the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Numan Kurtulmus, have agreed to ...

China's 2016 defence budget to slow in line with economy

China's defence budget this year is likely to rise at its slowest pace since 2010, in line with the decelerating ...

New U.S. blacklist targets N. Korea leader Kim Jong Un`s no. 2

The United States blacklisted North Korean leader Kim Jong Uns right-hand man on Thursday, after U.N. Security Council ...

China says "really needs" S China sea defences in face of United States

China "really needs" its defences in the South China Sea in the face of a militarisation process being pushed by the ...

50% of narcotics circulated in prisons: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has estimated that about 50 percent illegal drugs in Indonesia are circulated through ...

Bats could help humans build immunity to deadly diseases: Aussie scientists

Australian scientists believe that bats could hold the key to developing immunity to lethal diseases, after it was ...

Indonesia Concerned Over Demographic Change in Occupied Palestine

Israel has demolished thousands of Palestinian homes and confiscated farming lands belonging to Palestinian Muslims as ...

Garuda Indonesia Attains "5-Star Airline" Award for Second Year Running

National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has been awarded the ultimate "5-Star Airline" rating from Skytrax for a second ...

First-of-its-kind modular hybrid unmanned ground vehicle unveils at the Singapore Airshow 2016

- Milrem, an Estonian defence solutions provider specialising in military engineering, unveils the ...

US deploys more Patriot missiles in S. Korea

The United States has temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea following North Koreas ...

Satellite images show fuel trucks at N. Korea launch site

Fuel trucks were spotted at North Koreas main satellite centre, according to a US think tank, however the group says ...

US says open to patrols with Philippines in waters disputed with China

The United States is open to the possibility of joint naval patrols with the Philippines in the South China Sea, a US ...

Japan doubles number of F-15s on southern island of Okinawa

Japan has doubled the number of F-15 fighter jets deployed on the southern island of Okinawa, near disputed islands in ...