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
Some countermeasures by anti-aircraft artillery forces against unmanned aerial vehicles in the defence of the Fatherland
Friday, October 24, 2025, 15:37 (GMT+7)
Operations against UAVs, given the increasing sophistication of these platforms and the emergence of new forms and tactics of aerial attack, present anti-aircraft artillery forces with numerous challenges that demand timely and effective solutions. To accomplish their mission, anti-aircraft artillery units must continuously study, innovate and develop effective engagement methods; maintain rigorous training; build solid defensive dispositions; and ensure comprehensive logistical and technical preparation.
Prospects and implications of “Golden Dome” missile defence system
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 20:28 (GMT+7)
History has also shown that the expansion of strategic weapon systems by great powers during the Cold War ultimately resulted in arms control treaties aimed at managing and reducing such arsenals. Therefore, the prospects and implications of the Golden Dome for both the regional and global security landscape remain issues that warrant close and continued observation.
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
Command and coordination of air defence forces in combating drones
Monday, May 19, 2025, 16:16 (GMT+7)
With outstanding advantages, drones have become one of the main and dangerous means of combat for the warring parties. In particular, with the strong development of science and technology, drones are likely to become weapons that "dominate the battlefield" in the future.
Striving to achieve the goal of building an “adept, compact, strong” Army
Monday, January 13, 2025, 13:36 (GMT+7)
The building of an “adept, compact, strong” Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is an objective requirement, one of the goals set by the Resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress, laying a solid prerequisite for building a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern VPA from 2030, meeting the task of Fatherland protection in the new situation. That necessitates party committees and commands of offices and units across the entire Military focusing their leadership and direction on fulfilling this strategic goal
Missile Regiment 250 focuses on making itself “exemplarily, typically” comprehensively strong
Friday, September 20, 2024, 14:42 (GMT+7)
Cadres and soldiers of the Regiment have always upheld revolutionary vigilance and combat readiness to avoid falling into passivity in the air; the quality of training and troops’ task performance have been improved; logistics and technical work has been synchronously, creatively carried out, thereby meeting the requirements of training, combat readiness, and contingency missions
On the key battle to engage enemy’s operational-level airborne landing troops in military region defence
Monday, July 29, 2024, 16:48 (GMT+7)
During an operational process, the military region can launch various types of campaigns and apply different tactics and waves of operational activities flexibly to repel enemy attacks, including the key battle to counter enemy airborne landing at the operational level of war.
Vietnam Coast Guard improves the effectiveness of situational research and assessment to meet the requirements of law enforcement at sea
Friday, July 12, 2024, 11:01 (GMT+7)
Party Committee and Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) have concentrated their leadership and direction on raising the effectiveness of situational research and assessment as the basis for proposing strategies to successfully handle defence and security situations, maintain security and safety at sea, and firmly protect national sovereignty over seas and islands
Use of the army air defence force for engaging drones in the war to safeguard the Fatherland
Friday, June 28, 2024, 15:31 (GMT+7)
Being low-cost munitions with diversified sizes and flexible flight modes, UAVs can operate independently, launch suicide attacks or swarm attacks, and be used at tactical, operational, strategic levels. Thanks to their superior technical, tactical features, UAVs play an indispensible role in modern wars.