by | Dec 23, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Royal Netherlands Army plans to equip its soldiers with personal drone-protection gear, including targeting lasers and portable sensors, in an effort to counter the threat of small unmanned aircraft systems that has transformed battlefields. The war in...
by | Dec 22, 2024 | Security
The Chinese government protested Sunday the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire.” U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday authorized the provision of up to $571 million in...
by | Dec 20, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Taiwan, which ratified a record defense budget of $20.2 billion in August as it contemplates rising Chinese aggression, received a first batch of 38 M1A2T Abrams tanks on home shores this month. After being unloaded at Taipei’s port on Dec....
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
The U.S. more than doubled its number of troops in Syria — from 900 to around 2,000 — before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Pentagon said Thursday, publicly disclosing the surge for the first time. In a rare step, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj....
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Eleven years after its keel was laid, India has taken receipt of a 3,900-ton guided missile frigate from Russia. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called it a “significant milestone in the longstanding friendship between India and...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Germany will buy four more submarines from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to increase the number of boats to six, part of a joint purchase with Norway that may also see the Nordic country increase its order, according to the German defense ministry. Norway plans...
by | Dec 19, 2024 | Security
ROME — Russia is moving military assets from Syria to Libya, creating a security threat in the central Mediterranean, Italy’s defense minister has said. “Moscow is transferring resources from its Syrian base at Tartus to Libya,” Guido Crosetto told Italian daily La...
by | Dec 18, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — After months of pondering, Slovakia has decided to purchase 12 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for its military, according to Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák. The move could encourage Ukraine to intensify its lobbying in...
by | Dec 17, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Four days after she was sworn into office, Lithuania’s defense minister, Dovilė Šakalienė, signed an agreement to purchase 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks during her Dec. 16 official visit to Germany. Over the course of her visit to Berlin, Šakalienė met with...
by | Dec 16, 2024 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — The Germany Navy has tested the BlueWhale underwater drone as a candidate platform for what the sea service envisions as a future fleet of unmanned vessels for combating enemy submarines. Officials staged the two-week experiment last month in the...
