by | Jan 3, 2024 | Security
MILAN — A coalition of European states have jointly ordered up to 1,000 Patriot air defense missiles amid a renewed wave of Russian airstrikes against major Ukrainian cities. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency is supporting the purchase, which involves Germany,...
by | Jan 3, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — The new government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk has unearthed what he termed a “problem” with the loan Seoul was expected to give Poland for buying South Korean weapons worth billions of dollars. The issue came up during a review of the preceding...
by | Jan 3, 2024 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his military should “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented...
by | Jan 3, 2024 | Security
Gen. Jim Slife stepped into the role of Air Force vice chief of staff at a Dec. 29 ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, ending the service’s three-month stretch without Senate-confirmed officers in its top two leadership posts. Slife’s assignment to...
by | Jan 2, 2024 | Security
GRAZ, Austria – Germany’s government authorized more arms exports in 2023 than ever before, according to preliminary figures disclosed to lawmakers last month. The war in Ukraine partly fueled this uptick, with exports to Kyiv more than doubling compared to 2022. The...
by | Jan 2, 2024 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — Singapore has hired ST Engineering to upgrade the country’s Formidable-class frigates, part of the Navy’s overarching effort to become more flexible and to integrate unmanned technology into the fleet. The contract, announced by the firm Dec. 14,...
by | Dec 30, 2023 | Security
The U.S. and Australian navies will see their submarine-specific partnerships grow in multiple ways throughout 2024. The Navy plans to conduct its first-ever submarine maintenance work in Australia this summer using the sub tender Emory S. Land, with 30 Australian...
by | Dec 29, 2023 | Security
BEIJING — China on Friday said it had appointed a new defense minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor for reasons still unexplained. The official Xinhua News Agency announced former naval commander Dong Jun would serve in the...
by | Dec 29, 2023 | Security
BOGOTA, Colombia — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana’s territorial waters. The move comes as the South American neighbors dispute a...
by | Dec 29, 2023 | Security
For a president who, within his first 20 days in office, announced an end to “all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales,” his record of arms trade restraint is mixed at best. It now looks unlikely that efforts to...
