North Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons and missiles it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing a pressure campaign to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his...

European Patrol Corvette to get fresh money from EU coffers

ROME — Nations teaming to build a flagship European corvette with the help of EU funding are looking ahead to a €200 million, or $202 million, investment from the bloc’s defense coffers next year to build the first prototype. The so-called European Patrol Corvette...

Poland requests Apache helos to pair with its Abrams tanks

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish Ministry of National Defence has sent a letter of request to the United States government to buy 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the nation’s armed forces. Deputy Prime Minister and Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak...

Saab touts successful test of new air-defense weapon

STUTTGART, Germany – Saab successfully demonstrated the live-fire of its mobile short-range air defense (MSHORAD) system for the first time in late August, the company announced Sept. 5. The live fire demonstration took place Aug. 30 in Karlskoga, Sweden, before a...