by | Jan 13, 2023 | Security
KIRUNA, Sweden — The European Union wants to bolster its capacity to launch small satellites into space with a new launchpad in Arctic Sweden. European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the EU’s first mainland orbital launch complex on Friday...
by | Jan 13, 2023 | Security
BUCHAREST, Romania — NATO said Friday it plans to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions and to “monitor Russian military activity ” within the 30-nation military alliance’s territory. The airborne warning and...
by | Jan 13, 2023 | Security
This has not been the winter Vladimir Putin wished for. The Russian president expected temperatures to plummet, and with them Ukrainian resolve as well as Western resilience. None of this has happened. France’s recent decision to deliver tank-killing armored combat...
by | Jan 13, 2023 | Security
MILAN, Italy — In the early hours of Dec. 26, five North Korean drones entered South Korean airspace, with one traveling as far as the capital Seoul. Although authorities claimed the UAVs did not fly near critical security facilities, the systems did operate above the...
by | Jan 12, 2023 | Security
The recent outage of a Federal Aviation Administration flight system reminds us of the imperative of having a safe and secure airspace over the United States. In this regard, we should welcome congressional inclusion of Section 817 in the recently enacted James M....
by | Jan 12, 2023 | Security
LONDON — The British government is to provide Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, according to officials in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office. A spokesperson for Sunak briefed reporters Jan. 11 that the prime minister had asked Defence Secretary Ben Wallace...
by | Jan 12, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s motorcade pulled up to a 40-acre construction site dotted with some two dozen red, blue and gold cranes. An American flag hung from one of the site’s buildings alongside a banner that read “A Future made in America: Phoenix,...
by | Jan 12, 2023 | Security
NEW DELHI — India’s army chief said Thursday the war in Ukraine has impacted the supply of spare parts for India’s military. Gen. Manoj Pande made his comments to reporters while discussing the border situation with China, which he described as stable but...
by | Jan 12, 2023 | Security
MOSCOW — Russia’s top military officer was put in charge of troops fighting in Ukraine on Wednesday, a move that appears to reflect the Kremlin’s dissatisfaction with the current leadership and flaws in the military’s performance. Russia’s Defence Ministry said that...
by | Jan 11, 2023 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Colombian Air Force plans to buy four additional T-6C Texan II turboprop training aircraft from Textron Aviation in a potential deal worth $38.34 million. The negotiations are part of an effort to acquire up to 24 of the trainers, unveiled by the...
