Defence`s Feeds

On 14 January, the EU-Japan Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation took place in Brussels. This dialogue served as an important platform for deepening consultations between Japan and the European Union on non-proliferation and disarmament, in light of the EU-Japan Security and Defense Partnership, concluded in November 2024.

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Japan of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Range and related equipment for an estimated cost of $39 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has said the objections from the West have not hindered the Islamic Republic's progress in peaceful nuclear activities.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Iran is currently engaged only in negotiations with the Europeans.

Iran has never tried to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Islamic Republic is not afraid of war but hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will pursue peace rather than conflict.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy has received its first home-grown signals intelligence vessel, named Zagros.

The Iranian naval defense industry has handed over the first "signals-intelligence" destroyer of its own indigenous production to the country's Navy.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has asserted that Iran has never acted as the party to leave the negotiation table due to its confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear energy program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized in an article for Sputnik that a key component of the new strategic deal between Iran and Russia is the enhancement of security and defense cooperation.

Tehran and Moscow are set to ink a comprehensive deal that will elevate the Iranian-Russian relations to the level of strategic partnership, the spokesperson for the Kremlin says.

The accusation was as blunt as it was serious: Russia is plotting terror attacks against unspecified targets utilizing aircraft, Poland's prime minister said.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation three frontline naval combatants - INS Surat, INS Nilgiri and INS Vaghsheer - on their commissioning at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra on January 15, 2025

U.S. President Joe Biden signed on Tuesday an executive order to boost development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in America. A day earlier, his administration announced sweeping measures to block access to the most advanced semiconductors by China and other adversaries.

The French government won praise last month for making good on its promise to rebuild the fire-hit Notre Dame cathedral in just five years. But authorities are facing a rockier time when it comes to rebuilding cyclone-hit Mayotte — France's impoverished overseas territory off the coast of East Africa.

North Korean trade officials stationed in China were shocked when they heard that South Korean police arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Wednesday, two such officials told Radio Free Asia.

The FCDO has released a statement following ballistic missile launches by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 14 January.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday that seven U.S. companies have been added to the unreliable entity list for selling arms to China's Taiwan region.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Wednesday called the US' so-called forced labor accusation "completely unfounded," and reiterated that China will take resolute measures to firmly safeguard Chinese companies' legitimate and lawful rights and interests after the US Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday it is adding 37 Chinese entities to its list of those banned from exporting to the US over

In response to claims by the US that China is expanding its nuclear arsenal, including statements by US President-elect Donald Trump suggesting China might have more nukes than the US in the future, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun emphasized that as a responsible major country, China adheres to the path of peaceful development and strives for friendly cooperation with all nations.