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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