10 Major Global Military and Defence Events of 2024

Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:06 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global landscape witnessed unprecedented complexity and unpredictability, marked by intensifying strategic competition among major powers and escalating military conflicts across various regions. These developments further destabilised an already volatile global security environment. To provide a comprehensive overview of the global security landscape, the National Defence Journal presents a roundup of the 10 most significant military and defence events

Strengthen air defence capability to meet the requirements of the cause of defending the Motherland

Monday, October 23, 2023, 08:55 (GMT+7)
Enhancing air defence combat capabilities in the face of new combat conditions is a significant challenge, applicable during peacetime and wartime, involving various levels, branches, and forces. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a comprehensive set of solutions to create a foundation and conditions for leveraging the combined strength of various forces, with the core being the tri-element air defence force, to defeat potential enemy’s air offensives and contribute to the robust defence of the sky of the Motherland in the new situation.

Building Division 361 strong to keep pace with the missions

Saturday, December 31, 2022, 19:16 (GMT+7)
In the conditions of coping with many difficulties, carrying out the combat tasks of managing the airspace while training the new weapons and equipment, Division 361’s cadres and soldiers have inherited and brought into play the historical values and the lessons from the Victory of “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air”, always deserved the traditions of the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces who are ready to take and successfully accomplish all assigned missions.

The Victory of “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” – the convergence and the promotion of Vietnamese cultural values

Tuesday, December 27, 2022, 08:07 (GMT+7)
Bringing into play the Vietnamese cultural values has created a foundation for building the strength of the people’s war in the battle defeating the US's strategic air strike with B-52 bombers, making the incomparable Victory of “Ha Noi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” in the history.

December 1972 Air Defence Campaign, a landmark of the Vietnamese people’s art of air defence warfare

Monday, December 27, 2021, 10:05 (GMT+7)
In December 1972, under the leadership of the Party, the Northern military and people defeated the US Operation Linebacker II, making the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory, compelling the US to sign the Paris Peace Accords and withdraw its troops from Viet Nam. The victory was resulted from many factors, especially the Vietnam people’s art of air defence warfare in Ho Chi Minh era

Promoting the role of the political and spiritual factor of the Air- Defence Missile in modern warfare

Thursday, October 15, 2020, 06:56 (GMT+7)
To complete its tasks, the Air Defence Missile should be active in learning, working, and training with a passion for researching to master modern weapons, equipment, and military techniques; brave and cunning in training, combat readiness, etc. In addition, it is necessary to actively study and master the enemy's conspiracies, tricks, capabilities, equipment, operating rules, tactical skills, and weapons to find creative ways to neutralise their modern weapons.

Strategic competition between Russia and the U.S. in the Middle East

Friday, May 22, 2020, 07:44 (GMT+7)
In 2015, experts across the globe raised a lot of questions about Russia’s decision on military intervention in Syria. However, in 2019 and especially in the beginning of 2020, the effectiveness of that decision has been proved and Russia’s status in the Middle East has been increasingly raised. That has posed a considerable challenge to the U.S. in the strategic competition in this region

On the operational tactics of stealth aircraft in a war to protect the Fatherland

Saturday, November 30, 2019, 13:05 (GMT+7)
In a war to protect the Fatherland (if happened), the enemy is likely to use high-tech weapons, including stealth aircraft to conduct air strikes. Therefore, it is necessary to study and thoroughly understand the characteristics, features and tactics of this type of aircraft as an important basis for determining the combat tactics of the Air Defence - Air Force to defeat the enemy’s invasion

The issue of chemical weapons in Syria and international opinion

Monday, June 18, 2018, 09:46 (GMT+7)
The war in Syria has lasted for more than seven years with various subjective and objective causes and reasons from both outside and inside. Among them, chemical weapons are considered as one of the important and sensitive aspects. This problem has been becoming a target as well as an excuse for parties’ involvement and major powers’ intervention in Syria. This is a very complicated matter; therefore, it is not easy to properly and fully understand the nature of it

The Air Defense Campaign late 1972 – a unique feat of Vietnam air defense strategy

Tuesday, December 26, 2017, 08:33 (GMT+7)
45 years ago, in late 1972, under the leadership of Vietnam Communist Party, our military and people came out victorious after conducting an air defense campaign against U.S. Air Force’s Operation Linebacker II, created the miracle of “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air.” There were many factors led to this victory, but the most significant among them was our creative and unique air defense strategy