by | Aug 8, 2023 | Security
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has released three defense and national security documents outlining prevailing challenges, principals for its military and ways to improve the force. Defence Minister Andrew Little on Aug. 4 presented to lawmakers a 36-page...
by | Aug 8, 2023 | Security
ROME — As Italy gets down to work with Japan on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) with the aim of building a new sixth-generation fighter by 2035, it has boosted defense ties with Tokyo by dispatching F-35s for a first-ever training exercise in Japan. Three...
by | Aug 7, 2023 | Security
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has bought 12 surveillance and reconnaissance drones worth $300 million from Turkish Aerospace Industries to be used by its military to strengthen the nation’s defenses, the Defense Ministry said Aug. 2. The purchase aims to increase the...
by | Aug 7, 2023 | Security
MILAN — Poland has announced that it is buying hundreds of Spike tank-killing missiles through Rafael’s longstanding industry partner, Mesko, which will carry out local production of missile parts and final assembly of the weapon. The Polish Ministry of Defense has...
by | Aug 7, 2023 | Security
TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus began military exercises Monday near its border with Poland and Lithuania, amid tension already heightened with the two NATO members over Russia-linked Wagner mercenaries moving to Belarus after their short-lived mutiny in Russia. Both...
