China's Ministry of National Defense and Foreign Ministry on Sunday called Japan's remarks on the Diaoyu Islands included in the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone "absolutely groundless and unacceptable."
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Monday that it will discuss with China this week over the recently announced Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in East China Sea that partly overlaps with the country's military air zone and covers Ieodo, a southernmost submerged rock claimed by Seoul.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has reassured his visiting Israeli counterpart that the United States will remain "clear-eyed" over the development of the Iran nuclear issue, said the Pentagon officials Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to beef up Japan's defense capability and actively debate on the rights of collective self-defense.
There are signs of tension easing in the Peninsula, and leaders of the DPRK have voiced willingness to conduct multilateral talks without additional conditions.
Two divisions of the Orenburg Missile Army have started snap combat readiness drills in Russia's Urals region, the Defense Ministry said.
Australia will deploy a guided- missile frigate, HMAS Sydney, to join the U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan at a time of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula and in the South China Sea, according to The Australian on Friday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday reassured Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the U.S. commitment to rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region.
Defense Secretary of the United Kingdom Philip Hammond held a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro in the latter's office here on Wednesday.
The Japanese government decided Monday to suspend two current defense programs to pave the way to map out new programs by the end of 2013, local media reported late Monday.
Former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has been summoned as a witness for questioning in a fraud case, the Russian Investigative Committee said Friday.
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