by | Sep 2, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Last October’s general election triggered a change in government in Poland, but it has not dented Warsaw’s appetite for new weapons. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to drive Poland’s military modernization efforts, domestic and foreign...
by | Sep 1, 2024 | Security
It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping...
by | Aug 31, 2024 | Security
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to...
by | Aug 30, 2024 | Security
The newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are now able to carry out more elaborate training missions, but the government is withholding millions of dollars in payment to Lockheed Martin until the jets can fight in combat. Lockheed Martin has upgraded the software in its...
by | Aug 30, 2024 | Security
The Defense News opinion piece of 10 Aug. by John Nagl and Daniel Rice ignores the historical experience of cluster munition use while calling on the 23 NATO states currently party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) to withdraw and resume production of these...
by | Aug 30, 2024 | Security
MILAN – Ireland is doubling down on subsea monitoring, a discipline of naval warfare the country has so far largely overlooked but that represents a key capability in the context of the country’s strategic location on the northwestern edge of Europe. The Irish...
by | Aug 30, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Serbia agreed to buy 12 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation to replace its MiG-29 fleet, in a deal which French President Emmanuel Macron called a strategic change for the Balkan country that maintains ties with Russia and China. The contract...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | Security
The Air Force wants to expand its international exchange program for enlisted airmen to improve cooperation between allies in case of a major war in the Pacific. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi said Wednesday at the Senior Enlisted Leader...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | Security
KYIV, Ukraine — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died. The fighter jet went down Monday, when Russia launched a...
by | Aug 29, 2024 | Security
PARIS and WASHINGTON — F-16 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine by the Netherlands are operational and doing a “good job,” Dutch Chief of Defence Gen. Otto Eichelsheim said. The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with 24 of the jets as well as weapons, with no limits on...
