by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Slovakia’s Ministry of Defence is eying the purchase of four F-16 fighter jets on top of the 14 aircraft already ordered, a move meant to compensate for Bratislava’s decision to scrap the purchase of 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helos with AGM-114...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
The members of NATO issued their plan for the next year during the 75th anniversary summit in Washington, calling Ukraine’s path to membership in the alliance “irreversible.” The communique is a rhetorical flourish to the document issued last year in Vilnius,...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
The U.S. will start deploying long-range fires units to Germany in 2026, according to a joint statement from both the U.S. and German governments released today amid the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. The new capabilities will “have significantly longer range than...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
After years of failing to meet NATO’s military spending targets, most of the alliance’s 32 members entered the 75th anniversary summit touting a statistic: more than two-thirds now meet the minimum threshold. It marks a rapid turnaround in a short period dominated by...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
For years, Germany has come under heavy fire for neglecting its defense spending — a situation that dates to the end of the Cold War. This criticism is warranted, but Germany has taken some very significant steps since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022,...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Europe restored sovereign access to space with the first launch of the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket on Tuesday, after years of delays and retirement of the previous launcher had left the continent without guaranteed access to orbit, and kept a French spy...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
More than two years into the full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine is closer than ever to its coveted F-16 jets. In a statement Wednesday, American, Danish and Dutch leaders said the “transfer process” for the fourth-generation fighters is “underway.” “Those jets will...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven will step down from his position next month, the Navy said. Raven took on the job in April 2022 and has served as the Department of the Navy’s chief operating officer and chief management officer, according to his official biography. He...
by | Jul 10, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Japan has revealed video footage of the maiden test launch of a hypersonic missile currently under development. Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency – ATLA for short – published the video on its official YouTube page on July...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Australia said it ordered its first loitering munitions from overseas, the U.S.-manufactured Switchblade 300 from AeroVironment. This same weapon is widely used by Ukrainian soldiers against Russian invaders, plus Taiwan recently had a USD...
