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.
On Australian adjusted defence strategy
Saturday, September 30, 2023, 11:00 (GMT+7)
International military researchers point out that Australia has to face a possibly higher level of strategic risks due to the increasing strategic competition between major powers, the improvement in military capabilities, especially long-range strike capability of some countries in the region, along with issues of climate change, epidemics, the disruption of the global supply chain, etc. Faced with the movements in the Indo-Pacific region and non-traditional security challenges, Australia must certainly adjust its defence strategy to cope with new security challenges, while protecting its nation-state’s interests.
Japan new security strategy and its impacts on regional security
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 08:50 (GMT+7)
In order to safeguard its national security and interests, the Government of Japan has adopted a dual-pillar strategy: enhancing the independent and autonomous defence capabilities of its national self-defence forces and expanding defence and security cooperation with alliances and partners. To realise this strategy, besides the announcement of a new defence strategy with ambitious plans for the development of the self-defence forces, the Government of Japan also intensifies bilateral relations through the overseas visits of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.