by | Aug 23, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — The Croatian Ministry of Defence has announced plans to acquire High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, for the country’s armed forces. “Modernization, as well as the introduction of new weapons and equipment into operational use, directly...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | Security
MILAN — The Estonian Centre for Defense Investments has launched a competition for picking a munitions producer to set up shop at a military base in 2025, a move meant to jump-start a domestic shell production industry. The ECDI, the procurement arm for the Estonian...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Taiwan’s Cabinet, the Executive Yuan, this week ratified a record defense budget of NT$647 billion, or US$20.2 billion, meant to help defend Taiwan against the prospect of a Chinese invasion. The spending decision comes as Chinese forces...
by | Aug 23, 2024 | Security
BERLIN (AP) — Security at a NATO air base in western Germany has been raised because of intelligence information pointing to a “potential threat,” and all staff not essential to missions have been sent home as a precaution, NATO said. The Geilenkirchen air base, near...
by | Aug 22, 2024 | Security
The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, even as Washington works to get a better understanding of Kyiv’s incursion into Russia and how it advances the broader battlefield goals more than two...
by | Aug 22, 2024 | Security
KHARKIV OBLAST, Ukraine — After tough months of fighting, Ukraine’s troops have been pushing Russian forces back in Kharkiv Oblast. “The situation is a little bit better … but we still fire one shell for every ten of theirs,” said Roman, an artillery gunner with the...
by | Aug 22, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — Construction has commenced on Germany’s first permanent military base abroad, which will be located in Lithuania. Berlin is set to move a brigade to the Baltic country by the end of the decade. Lithuania and Germany agreed in December 2023 on the plan to...
by | Aug 21, 2024 | Security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the...
by | Aug 21, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Britain’s Ministry of Defence plans to build a hangar-sized isolated chamber big enough for F-35 jets and Chinook transport helicopters to test its military assets against GPS jamming and other types of electronic warfare. U.K. firm QinetiQ will build the...
by | Aug 20, 2024 | Security
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Missile Defense Agency is preparing for a first test later this year of an initial capability designed to protect the strategic Pacific Island of Guam from air and missile threats, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, the agency’s...
