by | Feb 21, 2024 | Security
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia announced on Wednesday a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland....
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Security
LONDON — British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and other top officials were on board a Royal Navy nuclear submarine when the test-firing of a Trident II 5 nuclear missile failed last month. The misfire saw the missile crash back into the sea close to the submarine...
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — Among a wide array of aerial weapons on display at the Singapore Airshow, attendees can see an outlier at ST Engineering’s colossal stand: an unmanned ground vehicle equipped with a multirotor drone. The Taurus is the local technology company’s latest...
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Security
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s first locally made combat aircraft, dubbed Kaan, completed its maiden flight at Akinci Airforce Base near Ankara on Wednesday. The CEO of manufacturer TUSAŞ, Temel Kotil, tweeted that the first flight took 13 minutes. The aircraft registered a...
by | Feb 21, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — General Atomics is expanding its cooperation with Japan by investing in the nuclear-energy sector, a growing relationship that executives hope will propel the company’s drone-making defense business there. “We plan to soon announce another partnership with...
