Top Iranian naval official reportedly confirms joint exercise will be held before end of March as US-led coalition launches new strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
North Korea said Friday it had tested a purported underwater nuclear attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise between South Korea and the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region. The alleged drone test came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared he would scrap his country’s long-standing goal of a peaceful unification with South Korea and that his country would rewrite its constitution to define South Korea as its most hostile foreign adversary. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest point in years with Kim accelerating weapons demonstrations and threatening nuclear conflict and the US and its Asian allies responding by strengthening their combined military exercises.
Peeved over the recent naval exercises between the navies of India and the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, the Chinese military has said that defence cooperation between different countries should not harm the interests of third countries and regional peace.
India News: The Indian Navy plans to deploy both its aircraft carriers, INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant, to the Eastern Seaboard in Vizag during Milan-2024. Viza