by | Feb 13, 2024 | Security
Editor’s note: Vivek Raghuvanshi, a journalist and freelancer to Defense News for more than three decades, was jailed in mid-May by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of espionage. The Indian government has released minimal information on his arrest....
by | Feb 13, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Despite losing on average hundreds of armored vehicles and artillery systems each month, Russia has been able to replenish its inventory by regenerating thousands of stored vehicles in 2023 — an attrition rate experts expect Moscow could handle for several...
by | Feb 13, 2024 | Security
The Army recently activated its first composite watercraft company outside the United States in decades, a move that comes as the service seeks to expand its maritime capabilities in the Indo-Pacific theater. The 5th Transportation Company, a composite watercraft...
by | Feb 13, 2024 | Security
The Senate on Tuesday passed the president’s $95 billion foreign aid spending request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan following an all-night session, wrapping up nearly a week of debate on the bill. The legislation, which passed in the chamber 70-29, faces an uphill...
by | Feb 12, 2024 | Security
The B-52 Stratofortress long-range bomber has been in service since the 1960s. Here’s what it will take to keep it flying. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — As the B-52H Stratofortress tops more than six decades in service, it’s grown increasingly temperamental —...
