Global Defence

China’s quiet naval transformation beneath the ocean surface is drawing renewed attention after a warning from Mike Brookes, the intelligence chief of the United States Navy. In testimony delivered on March 2, 2026 to the U.S.-China Economic and Security...

Taiwan’s Sea-Air Combat Power Improvement Plan has entered its peak production phase, placing the island on track to field more than 1,400 anti-ship missiles by December. A major operational shift is also underway. On July 1, 2026, Taiwan is...

IgMp Bulletin Japan has begun deploying a new generation of long-range cruise missiles that mark a historic shift in its military posture, signaling the country’s first operational counterstrike capability since the end of World War II. The first batch of...

IgMp Bulletin Indonesia has formally confirmed plans to acquire the supersonic BrahMos missile from India, marking a significant step in Jakarta’s effort to strengthen maritime defence across its vast archipelago. The agreement, estimated to be worth between $200 million and...

IgMp Bulletin A new phase of strategic deterrence is quietly unfolding in Southeast Asia as the Philippines operationalises its first coastal battery of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, while Indonesia moves closer to finalising its own purchase of the system...

IgMp Bulletin China has unveiled a record defence budget of about $275 billion for 2026, reinforcing Beijing’s long-term objective of transforming the armed forces into a technologically advanced military capable of projecting power well beyond its immediate region. The figure,...

IgMp Bulletin As missile exchanges intensify in the Middle East, the United States conducted a scheduled test of its nuclear-capable LGM-30G Minuteman III, reinforcing the operational readiness of its land-based deterrent. The unarmed missile, designated GT-255, was launched from Vandenberg...

Source : IgMp Bulletin The long-standing global order of air defence is being reshaped by a hard new reality often described as the “swarm era.” By March 2026, confirmed penetrations of some of the Middle East’s most sophisticated defence networks,...

Source : IgMp Bulletin The rapidly expanding conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States has pushed the Middle East into a new phase of warfare, one where the balance between cost, scale and technology is being tested in real...

Source : IgMp Bulletin A fresh debate is unfolding in global defence circles after American military analyst Wes O'Donnell argued that India could transform Russia’s Su-57 into a far more capable combat aircraft—though not a truly stealthy one. O’Donnell, a...