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Japan requests largest defense budget ever
The Japanese MoD on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request.
31 August 2023
The Japanese MoD on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request.
The U.S. Marine Corps’ new Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) follows the U.S. Army’s “Iron Dome” system produced by Israel to intercept incoming enemy mortar…
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will purchase new, smart sea mines, which will reinvigorate Defence’s maritime mining capability, and are deployable from submarines, ships and aircraft.
The lead ship of a new type of frigate for the Chinese Navy (PLAN), designated Type 054B, has been launched in Shanghai on August 26, 2023.
The French MoD issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the development and production of the BBPD NG next generation diving support vessels.
Japan’s MoD announced the selection of two contractors for the design and production of a new FFM variant to be delivered to the JMSDF.
The French Military announced that the French Navy’s Suffren nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) made a port-call in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
On August 25, PT PAL Indonesia laid the keel of the first Red White Frigate for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).
On August 23, 2023, several Ukrainian accounts on social media released a video showing Ukraine’s new underwater suicide drone named “Marichka”.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the Korean People’s Army Navy’s newest Amnok-class corvette capable of launching cruise missiles…
