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Cobra Gold military drills back to full scale next year

The US-Thai Cobra Gold military exercise will be held as a full-scale drill next year after it was scaled back due to the pandemic, said Defence Ministry spokesman Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich on Monday.

Bangkok Post

India and Vietnam sign mutual logistics agreement

The defence minister and his Vietnam counterpart General Phan Van Giang signed a joint vision statement

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Strategic missile Agni-4 successfully test fired

Routine user training launch validated all operational parameters, says Defence Ministry

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Activist sets sights on GT200 case

Activist Srisuwan Janya said he will petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to look into the army's hiring of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for 7.5 million baht to examine fraudulent bomb detectors purchased years ago.

Bangkok Post

PM defends military procurement budget

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stood by the Defence Ministry's weapons procurement projects, saying they are essential to boosting national security, after the opposition took aim at the ministry's budget on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Defence Ministry signs ₹2,971-crore deal for indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range missiles

According to a Ministry statement, the missile and associated systems for its launch has been developed by the DRDO

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Taiwan air force suspends training after second fatal accident in 2022

TAIPEI: Taiwan's air force suspended flight training of new pilots on Tuesday after a jet trainer crashed killing its pilot, the defence ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022.

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Taiwan air force suffers second fatal accident in 2022

A Taiwanese jet trainer crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot, the defence ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022.

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KL still backs peace efforts

Malaysia has given assurances that it will continue to support Thailand's efforts to negotiate peace with insurgent groups in the deep South, a Defence Ministry spokesman says.

Bangkok Post

BRO conducts final blast of Nechiphu tunnel in Arunachal

Tunnel has been conceived to bypass extreme foggy conditions prevailing around Nechiphu Pass, says Defence Ministry

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Czechs to get German tanks, will look to buy more

The Czech Republic will receive 15 Leopard 2A4 tanks donated by Germany as it supplies its own Soviet-era tanks to Ukraine following Russia's invasion in February, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

US defence secretary to make official visit

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay an official visit to Thailand in June, according to a source at the Defence Ministry.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine's president replaces head of Territorial Defence Forces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has replaced the head of its Territorial Defence Forces nearly three months into the war with Russia without giving a reason.

Reuters

700 acres of defence land to be transferred to Karnataka: CM

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Russia says it repelled Ukrainian attempts to reclaim Snake Island

Russia's defence ministry on Tuesday said it had repelled Ukrainian efforts to reclaim Snake Island in the Black Sea and had inflicted heavy losses in terms of men, vessels and aircraft in doing so.

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Ukraine says Russian tanks and artillery pound Mariupol steel plant

Russian forces on Monday used tanks and artillery in "storming operations" at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol where the city's last defenders are holed up, Ukraine's defence ministry said.

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Putin to send 'doomsday' warning to West at Russia's WW2 victory parade

President Vladimir Putin will send a "doomsday" warning to the West when he leads celebrations on Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russia's vast firepower while its forces fight on in Ukraine.

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Ukraine says Russia is trying to increase tempo of eastern offensive

Ukraine's defence ministry said on Wednesday that Russia was attempting to increase the tempo of its offensive in the east of the country.

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Unable to participate in P-75I submarine project due to RFP conditions: France's Naval Group

RFPs were issued to two shortlisted Indian companies in June last year

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Ukraine says Russian attacks in east are being rebuffed

Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday Russia was continuing to attack in eastern Ukraine but was being pushed back.

Reuters

Vietnam arrests former coast guard chief over 'embezzlement' case

Vietnam's Defence Ministry has detained a former commander of its coast guard on suspicion of embezzlement, the government said on Monday, the latest arrest as the ruling Communist Party intensifies its long-running crackdown on graft.

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Russia says it struck S-300 systems given to Ukraine by EU state

Russia’s defence ministry did not specify which country provided the missile system it said to have destroyed.

Reuters

Czechs ship tanks, rocket launchers, artillery to Ukraine

The Czech Republic has delivered tanks, multiple rocket launchers, howitzers and infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine among military shipments that have reached hundreds of millions of dollars and will continue, two Czech defence sources said.

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Ukraine: Russia boasts of its precision missiles – so why are hospitals being destroyed?

Over recent years, Russia has often boasted about the capabilities of its precision-guided missiles (PGMs). Two years ago the Defence Ministry released a video of its Tornado-S precision missile which, it said, can strike targets to within one metre. Given that such precise munitions also provide the ability to avoid…

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