by | Dec 20, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Taiwan, which ratified a record defense budget of $20.2 billion in August as it contemplates rising Chinese aggression, received a first batch of 38 M1A2T Abrams tanks on home shores this month. After being unloaded at Taipei’s port on Dec....
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
The U.S. more than doubled its number of troops in Syria — from 900 to around 2,000 — before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Pentagon said Thursday, publicly disclosing the surge for the first time. In a rare step, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj....
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Eleven years after its keel was laid, India has taken receipt of a 3,900-ton guided missile frigate from Russia. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called it a “significant milestone in the longstanding friendship between India and...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Germany will buy four more submarines from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to increase the number of boats to six, part of a joint purchase with Norway that may also see the Nordic country increase its order, according to the German defense ministry. Norway plans...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
ROME — Russia is moving military assets from Syria to Libya, creating a security threat in the central Mediterranean, Italy’s defense minister has said. “Moscow is transferring resources from its Syrian base at Tartus to Libya,” Guido Crosetto told Italian daily La...
