by | Apr 3, 2025 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian military leaders are scrambling to cobble together fresh air defense capabilities, as China’s missile arsenal is growing and Beijing’s warships have started showing up in Australasia. Global companies offered weaponry to that end at...
by | Apr 3, 2025 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has clinched a deal to develop new long-range, precision-guided missiles in a 32 billion yen ($216 million) contract for the Japan Self-Defense Force. The Ministry of Defense indicated in a news release April 1...
by | Apr 3, 2025 | Security
ATHENS, Greece — Greece will spend 25 billion euros ($27 billion) over the next decade to adapt its military to evolving high-tech warfare technologies, officials announced Wednesday. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias told parliament the overhaul will be built around a...
by | Apr 2, 2025 | Security
Pete Hegseth will not attend a gathering of 50 countries to coordinate military support for Ukraine, multiple European officials and a U.S. official said — the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating. The group will...
by | Apr 2, 2025 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. State Department has approved a prospective sale of 20 F-16 aircraft to the Philippines, part of a larger package that includes hundreds of medium-range, air-to-air missiles, bombs, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition, worth $5.58 billion....
by | Apr 2, 2025 | Security
PARIS — France is calling for a new European plan to ramp up ammunition production, including of complex ordnance such as missiles, and wants to move forward at a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Warsaw this week, French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien...
by | Apr 1, 2025 | Security
MILAN — Finland, which shares NATO’s longest border with Russia, will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines, according to President Alexander Stubb. The decision comes shortly after Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland said they were...
by | Apr 1, 2025 | Security
MOSCOW — Russia will build eight nuclear multi-purpose and strategic submarines for the Navy, according to the Russian president. Vladimir Putin announced the plans after the launching ceremony last week of the new Perm nuclear submarine of the Yasen-M class. That...
by | Apr 1, 2025 | Security
With Donald Trump’s open support for Russia and his turning away from Europe and NATO, the question of the credibility of the American nuclear promise has taken center stage. Unlike during Trump’s first term in office, however, this time Europe has recognized the...
by | Apr 1, 2025 | Security
PARIS — The United Kingdom is accelerating work on the DragonFire laser weapon, with a goal of equipping four Royal Navy destroyers with the system starting in 2027, Minister for Defence Procurement Maria Eagle said in a written response to parliamentary questions....
