Daisuke Sato
Daisuke Sato is defense reporter, covering the Asia-Pacific defense industrial base, defense markets and all related issues.
He has covered the US and Japan bilateral exercises for several years.
U.S. Army armoured vehicle crushes SUV in South Korea
Four persons have been killed in a crash involving U.S. military vehicles on a road near the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in the city of Pocheon, South Korea, Aug. 30.
An SUV carrying the four civilians rear-ended the...
Chinese new 122mm self-propelled howitzer spied on the road
The new Chinese wheeled self-propelled howitzer system has been spotted on the road this week.
The footage, which was released on 23 August on the Social media service Weibo, shows a military convoy of a new type...
U.S. Marine Corps conducts rapid deployment drill in Japan
On August 20, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Marines conducted a Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team rapid deployment drill in support of continued Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force training here.
According...
U.S. Air Force conducts large-scale training exercise in Indo-Pacific region
On Tuesday, Pacific Air Forces reported that U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Japan Air Self Defense Force aircraft conduct a large-scale joint and bilateral integration training exercise Aug. 18, 2020.Â
Four B-1B Lancers, two B-2 Spirit...
China infuriated after the U.S. formalizes sale of new F-16s to Taiwan
Beijing has reacted with anger to the news that the United States has formalized the sale of the latest model F-16 jets to Taiwan.
A U.S. Department of Defense announcement on Thursday said Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed...
South Korean military retires its UH-1 Huey helicopters
The Republic of Korea Army retired its UH-1H Huey helicopters after 52 years of service.
South Korean UH-1N Huey service has flown 792,000 hours and 146,000,000 km and being officially retired from service on July 31st.
The Army has...
Japan’s military aircraft intercepted Russian spy airplane
Japan’s military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Russian Ilyushin Il-20M radar reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft, it said on 14 August.
According to the statement, Japan scrambled fighter jets on Friday to warn Russian IL-20M (RF-75936) warplane it said...
Three U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers deploy to Diego Garcia
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday confirmed that it deployed three B-2 stealth bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia to support Pacific Air Forces’ Bomber...