by | May 4, 2023 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has unveiled plans to spend some €3.1 billion ($3.4 billion) to buy ammunition and explosives in the coming decade, citing lessons drawn from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vilnius is also advancing its project...
by | May 4, 2023 | Security
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s military has tested some of its beach-landing equipment in an overseas environment for the first time — a type of exercise one officer admitted hasn’t happened for a while amid recruitment woes and the pandemic. For years, the...
by | May 4, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and the Philippines unveiled guidance on Wednesday to modernize their alliance in the face of an increasingly assertive China, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits Washington this week. The Pentagon released the bilateral defense guidelines...
by | May 3, 2023 | Security
ROME and STUTTGART, Germany — The European Union committed €500 million ($553 million) on Wednesday to beefing up the bloc’s ammunition production lines to better supply Ukraine, saying member states would match the sum with individual contributions. The total of €1...
by | May 3, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The Senate is starting work on a new bipartisan bill that will both further block China from using American capital to develop its most cutting-edge technology, and shore up Washington’s support for Pacific security partners. Senate Majority Leader Chuck...
by | May 3, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday advanced a bill to strengthen U.S. security cooperation “with democratic partner nations” in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Foreign Relations Committee moved the Western Hemisphere Partnership Act and the Caribbean Basin...
by | May 3, 2023 | Security
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A delegation of United States defense contractors and a former senior leader of the U.S. Marine Corps pledged the beginning of deeper cooperation with Taiwan on Wednesday. Taiwan has faced increasing pressure from China in the years since Tsai Ing-wen...
by | May 3, 2023 | Security
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s defense chief on Tuesday urged a state company to double its missile output, as a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive looms and both sides in the 14-month war reportedly experience an ammunition crunch. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu,...
by | May 3, 2023 | Security
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish Navy has received the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu, its largest vessel ever, from which the military will deploy heavy helicopters, drones and light-attack aircraft, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The service received...
by | May 2, 2023 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany — A team of space and telecommunications companies from across Europe have joined together to bid on the continent’s next-generation constellation of communication satellites. An open consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat,...
