by | Apr 8, 2024 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has successfully launched its second military spy satellite into orbit, days after North Korea reaffirmed its plan to launch multiple reconnaissance satellites this year. The Koreas each launched their first spy satellites last year —...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
Norway’s center-left government is set to present the Storting (national parliament) with what Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre described as the most “ambitious and far reaching” Long-Term Defense Plan (LTDP) in the country’s history. The Labor-led government’s...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — With fears of slipping F-35 delivery schedules plaguing some European customers of the Lockheed Martin-made warplanes, defense officials in Poland and Italy said they don’t expect their fleets to be affected by the vendor’s technical problems in...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Dutch top military leaders have a wish list for the next government: air defense, tanks and more military police. More air defense systems is the number one priority, “no question about it,” Chief of Defence Gen. Otto Eichelsheim said in an interview with...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
ROME — As it shoots down Houthi drones in the Red Sea, sends submarines to monitor internet cables and shadows Russian ships in the Mediterranean, the Italian Navy has issued an urgent call for more personnel, echoing a growing debate in Italy about beefing up the...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Ukrainian forces have rigged an elaborate network of sensors in the country that feeds targeting data to heavy machine guns for downing Russian combat drones, according to analysts. The fallback tactics towards mobile, low-cost defenses come as sophisticated...
by | Apr 4, 2024 | Security
MILAN — The Danish government has fired the chief of defense after he reportedly failed to disclose several malfunctions aboard the frigate Iver Huitfeldt during its deployment to the Red Sea. “With the challenges we are facing, a new chief of defense is needed,”...
by | Apr 4, 2024 | Security
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister on Thursday announced a plan to streamline and reorganize the country’s military command as part of efforts to make the armed forces of NATO’s most populous European member “war-capable.” Chancellor Olaf Scholz set in motion a...
by | Apr 4, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Despite an initial rejection from Austal, South Korean firm Hanwha Ocean’s bid to buy out the Australian shipbuilder has some analysts pondering the benefits of such deal. Jennifer Parker, a naval analyst at the National Security College...
by | Apr 4, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Indonesia has signed a contract with local firm PT PAL and France’s Naval Group for two Scorpene-class submarines, the latter business announced. The two companies will jointly build the boats under the deal, inked March 28. The Indonesian...
