by | Aug 25, 2022 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — Fighter jets from Japan and South Korea are making their debut at a large-scale air combat exercise in northern Australia, along with F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighters from the host nation and the United States. The aircraft and personnel...
by | Aug 24, 2022 | Security
LONDON — Britain is to supply a further package of weapons to Ukraine, including target-spotting micro-drones, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced during a surprise visit to Kyiv. Ukraine’s Independence Day on Aug. 24 saw Johnson reveal the planned...
by | Aug 24, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Germany will supply legacy Leopard 2 tanks to Slovakia in exchange for that country sending Soviet-era fighting vehicles to Ukraine’s aid, the Defence Ministry in Berlin announced. The deal is one of several “ring swaps,” as German defense officials call...
by | Aug 23, 2022 | Security
Chinese and Iranian vendors pitched their military technology at last week’s Army 2022 defense expo held near Patriot park in Moscow, Russia. For its part, China showed off a variety of defense products to Russian officials and the general public, including armored...
by | Aug 23, 2022 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea,...
by | Aug 23, 2022 | Security
Over the past two weeks more than 7,400 troops ran through the National Guard’s largest and longest bi-annual home defense military exercise. Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines combined ground and airpower to beat back a simulated peer threat on the nation’s...
by | Aug 22, 2022 | Security
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government has delivered 50 used mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to the Ukrainian military, government and industry sources told Defense News. The delivery of the Kirpi vehicles was the result of a government agreement, rather...
by | Aug 19, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON ― A new $775 million military aid package for Ukraine marks the first time the U.S. is sending ScanEagle drones, for targeting artillery, as well as 105mm howitzers and anti-tank rounds for the Carl Gustaf rifle to the fight against Russia, the Pentagon...
by | Aug 19, 2022 | Security
Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has galvanized a global wave of support for Kyiv. Now, the temptation is great to antagonize Europe over its level of assistance, especially as Washington needs to focus on China, bringing back the old charge that the European Union...
by | Aug 19, 2022 | Security
MOSCOW — The Russian military said Thursday it deployed aircraft armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to the country’s Kaliningrad region, a move that comes amid soaring tension with the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry said...
