Modernisation trend in US Military’s weapons and equipment
Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 14:35 (GMT+7)
A shift in US military thinking from pursuing short-term wins to making preparations for prolonged, dispersed, and multi-domain conflicts is bringing about fundamental changes in force development, in which arms modernisation is regarded as a decisive factor. To this end, the US Military has prioritised investment in developing next-generation combat platforms, long-range precision strike weapons, and smart unmanned combat vehicles
NATO strengthens defence industrial cooperation
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:07 (GMT+7)
Strengthening cooperation in the defence industry is one of the key priorities emphasised at the NATO Summit held in the Netherlands in June 2025, aimed at enhancing the Alliance’s collective defence capabilities, unity, and long-term sustainability. The context, achievements, difficulties, challenges, and emerging cooperation trends in this field within NATO are what have drawn significant international attention
An overview of Japan’s defence equipment modernisation trends
Monday, October 27, 2025, 16:17 (GMT+7)
Amid growing complexities in the global and regional security environment, Japan has been accelerating the modernisation of Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) through a series of crucial steps. With the adoption of new national security and defence strategies, along with a significant increase in defence investment, Japan’s defence equipment modernisation is reshaping the regional military balance, which has drawn considerable attention from military analysts
Building an adept, compact, strong, modern Air Defence - Air Force Service
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 13:14 (GMT+7)
Building the Air Defence - Air Force Service straight to modernity is a strategic guideline, reflecting the close attention of the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defence. Fully aware of its great honour, the Air Defence - Air Force Service has been focusing its leadership and direction on realising this crucial goal through resolute and synchronised measures
Development trends of India's Defence Industry
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 09:03 (GMT+7)
In recent years, defence cooperation has increasingly emerged as a key pillar in India's strategic relations with foreign governments. Accordingly, India expects to integrate its defence industry with the global market through supply chain workshops with leading foreign OEMs or facilitate direct interactions with foreign governments and armed forces.
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
The Party's viewpoint on the development of defence industry to meet the requirements of Homeland protection in the new period
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 09:30 (GMT+7)
In the context of international integration and the strong impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is necessary to continue to review, proactively build and perfect the legal framework concerning the defence industry to ensure practicality, feasibility, and creating favourable conditions for the defence industry to integrate and develop rapidly and steadily.
Promotion of technical initiatives and innovations at Factory A32
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 19:54 (GMT+7)
With a proactive spirit and the harnessing of internal strengths, the “Worker Soldiers” of Factory A32 are always passionate and creative in doing research. They strive to master advanced science and technology, determined to “heal” the “steel swallows”, hence contributing to building a modern AD-AF that meets the requirements and tasks of firmly protecting the Fatherland’s airspace.
Review of the world political and military situation in 2023
Thursday, December 28, 2023, 10:53 (GMT+7)
The world political and military picture in 2023 is still mixed with light and dark colours, in which, strategic competition between major countries is still fierce, conflicts in regions continue to increase in intensity, scope and nature, etc. However, there are also many signs that the US and China are both showing efforts to control disagreements.
On the USAF’s modernisation strategy
Monday, October 23, 2023, 15:10 (GMT+7)
USAF has strong ambition to modernise its equipment, as it wants to become the world’s first air force to put the new-generation strategic bombers and the 6th-generation stealth fighter into combat. At the same time, USAF is also determined to develop UAVs operating in the formation of manned fighters. This could create an arms race between major countries as Russia and China have just begun to equip 5th generation fighter aircraft, and currently employing strategic bombers equivalent to the US’ B-1B aircraft.