Indian Military to Buy 500 More Russian T-90 Tanks for $2 Billion

Indian Military to Buy 500 More Russian T-90 Tanks for $2 Billion

The Indian Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC), chaired by India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, has pre-approved an armaments modernization project for the Indian armed forces for a total sum of 821 billion rupees (over $ 12 billion), the Times of India (TOI) reported. According to the report in the TOI, what has been approved is the purchase of…

Prince Charles Opens New Military Base in Bahrain Despite Human Rights Abuses

Prince Charles Opens New Military Base in Bahrain Despite Human Rights Abuses

Prince Charles has opened the first section of the controversial Mina Salman naval base in the Kingdom of Bahrain despite criticism of the regime’s human rights record. The base represents the first permanent military presence in the kingdom since 1971, and was built using mostly Bahraini cash. It will be used by Britain’s Royal Navy…

Separated At Birth? China’s J-20 Stealth Jet Looks a Lot Like MiG Prototype

Separated At Birth? China’s J-20 Stealth Jet Looks a Lot Like MiG Prototype

China’s new J-20 stealth fighter jet bears similarities to an experimental prototype for a fifth-generation fighter jet produced by Russia’s MiG aircraft corporation, the deputy editor of Russian military magazine “Arsenal of the Fatherland” Dmitry Drozdenko told Sputnik. China unveiled two Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters at the Zhuhai air show in Beijing on Tuesday. While the exact specifications…