Weekend Briefing (21 – 25 June)
This week at Overt Defense we have covered a host of stories from around the world ranging from the end of the Belgian manhunt for a reservist who stole a cache of weapons to the TPLF claim of shooting down an Ethiopian C-130. We also saw the announcement of Trophy MV-APS for the UK’s Challenger 3 tank, indigenous Taiwanese MLRS, HMS Defender rattling Russia’s cage in the Black Sea, UN Peacekeepers injured in Mali and the UK’s carrier strike group conducting its first combat sorties. If you missed any of this week’s defense news check out these stories and many more below.
Contracts Signed For Taiwanese Missile Deals, Doubled Range For Indigenous MLRS Rockets
BlueBird Delivers 100 WanderB-VTOL UAVs To An Unnamed European Country
T-7A Full Rate Production Decision Delayed For At Least One Year By Technical Issues
Israeli Officials Imply Offensive Action May be Necessary Following Selection of New Iranian President
Belgian Manhunt Concludes After Body & Stolen Weapons Found
US Navy Updates Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan
US Publishes National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism
Japanese Stealth Frigate JS Noshiro Named and Launched
Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group F-35s Conduct First Combat Missions
UPDATED: Chinese Counterintelligence Chief Dong Jingwei Defection Rumors Disproven
UK and Ukraine Sign a Memorandum On The Implementation of Maritime Partnership Projects
Malaysian Tender For Fighter Lead In Trainers And Light Combat Aircraft Released
UK Considering £200 million ‘National Yacht’
UK: “We Do Not Recognise” Claims Russian Bombs Dropped In Path Of HMS Defender
Tigray People’s Liberation Front Claim Downing Of Ethiopian C-130
Royal Canadian Navy to Commission HMCS Harry DeWolf
Roketsan Delivers The First Batch of TRG-300 Tiger Missile Systems To Bangladesh
Trophy-MV APS To Be Integrated On Challenger 3 For Trials
Russian Navy Conducts Anti-Aircraft Carrier Exercise Off the Coast of Hawaii
Southern African Countries To Send Peacekeepers To Mozambique To Fight Terrorism
Ukraine’s President Announces Total Defense Policy
German Lawmakers Approve Purchase Of P-8 Poseidons
12 German Peacekeepers Among 15 Blue Helmets Injured In Northern Mali Attack
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