by | Oct 20, 2023 | Security
MILAN – NATO is expected to adopt its first-ever counter unmanned aerial system doctrine, which will in part advise member-states on layered approaches to defend against UAS and the common training of operators. The ambition of establishing a C-UAS doctrine within the...
by | Oct 20, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed to Congress to pass a massive defense spending package that would include tens of billions of dollars in additional weapons for Israel and Ukraine. Biden called the package “an unprecedented commitment to Israel’s...
by | Oct 19, 2023 | Security
MOSCOW — The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday gave its final approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty, a move Moscow described as putting it on par with the United States. The State Duma lawmakers voted...
by | Oct 19, 2023 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has awarded contracts to Turkish manufacturers Otokar and Nurol Makina to purchase roughly 230 armored vehicles for a total of around €200 million, or $211 million, the agency announced. Deliveries...
by | Oct 18, 2023 | Security
ROME — Italy this year allocated millions of euros to buy new tanks, fighting vehicles and rocket launchers as the war in Ukraine revives the demand for land warfare systems, a government document has shown. The budgeting document, officially due in the spring but...
by | Oct 18, 2023 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Israeli government has suspended all sales and supplies of defense and security hardware and related services to Colombia. The move followed a heated exchange on X, formerly known as Twitter, between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Israeli...
by | Oct 18, 2023 | Security
Around $1.8 billion in Army ground combat equipment is “deteriorating or at increased risk of deterioration” due to improper storage, Defense Department investigators have found. A Department of Defense Office of Inspector General report published Monday uncovered...
by | Oct 18, 2023 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The United States and the Philippines have wrapped up joint naval drills near the Asian nation that focused on replenishment at sea, naval warfare, and human assistance and disaster response. The exercise took place amid ongoing tension in the...
by | Oct 18, 2023 | Security
MILAN — The use of commercial drones in the Hamas terror group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel is the latest example of how relatively low-tech warfare can catch sophisticated armies flat-footed, according to analysts. Footage published by Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’...
by | Oct 17, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of senators is appealing to the White House to release Pentagon cost estimates related to the submarine-industrial base as the Biden administration and Congress move to implement AUKUS, the trilateral submarine-sharing pact with Britain...
