Japan and South Korea will hold a vice defense ministerial meeting in Seoul on Wednesday to confirm their cooperation in addressing security concerns arising partly from nuclear and missile development by Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan's defense ministry said Friday.
Pakistan on Thursday dismissed as "entirely baseless and mischievous" a Western media report alleging nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
It is essential for Tehran and Moscow to bolster defense cooperation, Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan was quoted as saying by Press TV on Tuesday.
South Korea planned to raise its defense budget next year to strengthen missile and combat capabilities against possible provocations from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a government report showed Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to beef up Japan's defense capability and actively debate on the rights of collective self-defense.
The U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday it intercepted two medium-range ballistic missile targets during a "complex" missile defense flight test over the western Pacific Ocean.
The Israeli Defense Forces stationed an Iron Dome anti-missile battery near Jerusalem, a military spokesperson confirmed to Xinhua on Sunday.
Japanese authorities revealed the 250-meter-long destroyer at a ceremony in Yokohama on Tuesday, raising eyebrows in China because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional aircraft carrier.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Deborah Lee James, a defense industry executive and former assistant secretary of defense, as Secretary of the Air Force.
Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim admitted on Wednesday that the country is very vulnerable when it comes to cyber defense, making foreign espionage easier.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Singapore this week to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time as Pentagon chief, senior defense officials announced Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Singapore this week to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time as Pentagon chief, senior defense officials announced Tuesday.
Top Russian officials have expressed dismay at military-political cooperation with NATO and want trust-building measures to enhance security in Europe.
Senior defense officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and eight other countries discussed regional security and cooperation in unconventional security here on Thursday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday spoke by phone with his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin to discuss the heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon said.
China plans to raise its defense budget by 10.7 percent to 720.2 billion yuan (114.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2013, according to a budget report to be reviewed by the national legislature.
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.
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