by | Dec 20, 2022 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced the S-400 air defense systems and Iskander missiles the country has received from Russia have been put “on combat duty.” The move comes as analysts are seeing Moscow’s rising pressure on Minsk to...
by | Dec 20, 2022 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan has committed to acquiring long-range weapons and to continue increasing its defense budget as part of its latest National Security Strategy, citing regional threats as the driving force behind its decision. The government released its...
by | Dec 20, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Congress on Tuesday released its fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill that includes $27.9 billion in emergency U.S. Department of Defense spending for Ukraine on top of a $69.3 billion budget increase for the Pentagon over FY 22 levels. The bill funds the 8%...
by | Dec 17, 2022 | Security
ROME — Italian ship yard Fincantieri is set to boost its naval business thanks to war-driven defense budgets and has its sights on business opportunities that could total €20 billion euros in the next five years, the shipyard’s recently appointed CEO said on Friday....
by | Dec 16, 2022 | Security
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Friday its latest round of sanctions will hit Russia’s military-industrial complex, as well as people and groups that are attacking Ukrainian civilians or kidnapping children. Valdis Dombrovskis, a European Commission...
