For the first time in the last 32 years of armed insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, Government of Pakistan has reportedly under the pressure of UN-supported Financial Action Task Force (FATF)... Read more
Can the PLA Get Across the Taiwan Strait?
The Pentagon’s recently released 2019 China Military Power Report says PLA forces cannot conduct a full-scale amphibious assault on Taiwan – and are “less likely” planning for one. The repor... Read more
4 killed as Armed Militants Storm 5-Star Hotel in Pakistan’s Gwadar Port City: Police
Three heavily-armed militants on Saturday stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province, leading to a fierce gunbattle in which four pers... Read more
Trump Nominates Shanahan as Next Defense Secretary
President Donald Trump has seen enough of Patrick Shanahan, and liked what he saw. After months of expectations, Shanahan, an industry veteran who was thrust into the Pentagon’s top spot aft... Read more
China is Laying the Groundwork for War with Taiwan
China is improving and increasing its options for a possible future invasion of Taiwan, with military reforms and investments in multi-domain military capabilities offering a range of option... Read more
Russia Winning the Push for Peace in Kabul
On April 25, Moscow was – for a day – the world capital of Afghan peace negotiations as a trilateral meeting on the peace process for the shattered country brought diplomats from Russia, the... Read more
Army May Redesign its Fighting Formations in Look to the Future
The U.S. Army’s top officials said Tuesday that the service is considering redesigning its formations to build new fighting units for the complex battlefields of the future. The Army... Read more
Australia Wants to Sell India its Next CQB Rifle —Here’s What They’re Offering
Since 1989, the Australian Army has used a domestically produced version of Steyr Arms’ Armee-Universal-Gewehr (Universal Army Rifle, or AUG), officially known as the F88 Austeyr, as its sta... Read more
China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on 23 April. On the occasion, it organised an international fleet review at Qingdao, which w... Read more
It all began on Baisakhi, 35 years ago but the occasion was anything but celebratory—altitudes in excess of 20,000 feet, rarefied air, sub-zero temperatures, treacherous terrain and weather... Read more









