by | Feb 13, 2023 | Security
BRUSSELS — NATO plans to launch a new effort this week to streamline the process of gathering, disseminating, and distributing the reams of data collected in space for use by the alliance command structure. The “Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space” (APSS)...
by | Feb 13, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON and ROME — Germany’s promise early this year to send tanks to Ukraine marked the country’s latest concession and provided a cap to the gradual escalation in the kind of equipment allies were supplying. Indeed, when Russia invaded Ukraine last February, its...
by | Feb 13, 2023 | Security
ISLAMABAD — Even as Pakistan’s currency plunges and the country pursues a bailout package to avoid default, the country’s naval officials say its maritime modernization programs remain on track. Delivery of a complete fleet renewal is expected by the end of the...
by | Feb 13, 2023 | Security
In his first full year as Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese will have to contend with a China-Australia relationship that has changed profoundly in recent years. From Beijing’s new outreach to Australia’s Pacific island neighbors, to its increasingly...
by | Feb 13, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — A recent agreement between Indonesia and Vietnam over maritime boundaries in the South China Sea will likely smooth over the occasionally tense relationship between the two South East Asian nations. The agreement, inked Dec. 22, follows 12 years...
by | Feb 13, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Indonesian Navy’s modernization efforts are at risk from budget shortfalls and industrial inexperience, according to experts. The Southeast Asian nation, made up of a vast archipelago with more than 6,000 inhabited islands and a population...
by | Feb 10, 2023 | Security
ROME — As Britain, Italy and Japan embark on an ambitious plan to build a new fighter by 2035, the U.K.’s defense minister has warned of disastrous consequences should any of the partners get “cold feet” and pull out after work starts. British minister Ben Wallace...
by | Feb 10, 2023 | Security
The first battalion of Leopard 2 main battle tanks could arrive in Ukraine in the first three or four months of this year, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday. Berlin’s belated, yet laudable decision to permit the provision of Leopard tanks to...
by | Feb 10, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon’s international affairs chief said Friday that although Russia has lost tens of thousands of soldiers and likely half its main battle tanks in Ukraine, its forces are adapting and there are deep reserves of personnel. “I think we need to be...
by | Feb 9, 2023 | Security
It’s been more than 30 years since the U.S. Navy said goodbye to Naval Station Subic Bay and other bases in the Philippines, ending what had been nearly a century of U.S. military presence in the Asian nation. The amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood became the last...
