Weekend Briefing (16-20 August)
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt Defense we have continued our coverage of the the dramatic situation unfolding in Afghanistan. In other news from around the world the MQ-25 Stingray’s second refueling test was completed with an E-2D, Russia and China’s joint ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 Exercise came to a close, Turkey unveiled its NAZAR laser and a US Navy vessel visited the Philippines for the first time since the resumption of the visiting forces agreement. These stories and much more are rounded up below:
World Scrambles to Evacuate Kabul
New Zealand to deploy C-130, Troops, to Afghanistan to assist in the evacuation
Chaos At Kabul International Airport Following Fall Of Afghan Capital
Russian BE-200 Aircraft Rented By Turkey Crashes During Fire-Fighting Operations
Joint Russo-Chinese ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 Exercise Comes To An End
First Pakistani Babur-class MILGEM Corvette Launched at Istanbul Shipyard
Sole Flying Illyushin Prototype Transport Aircraft Destroyed In Fatal Crash
CISA Launches New Cybersecurity Initiative
First German Evacuation Flight Departs Kabul With Just Seven On Board
US Cyber Command Visited by Japanese State Minister of Defense
Turkey Donates New Armored Vehicles – Including Mine-Resistant KİRPİ Vehicles To Somalia
Pentagon Believes it Could Evacuate Up to 9,000 From Afghanistan Daily
Strategic Command Chief Warns of Nuclear Threat Posed by China and Russia
Future of Afghan Cadets in India Uncertain
US Navy Reinforces Indo-Pacific Fleet With Two New Destroyers
U.S. Missile Defense Agency Resumes Hypersonic Missile Defenses Effort
USS Charleston Visits The Philippines
Lithuania Accuses Belarus Border Guards Of Illegal Border Crossing
The NAZAR Laser Electronic Warfare System Unveiled at IDEF-21 For the First Time
Thales Australia Cuts Steel for New Zealand’s new Bushmasters
MQ-25 Stingray Successfully Refuels E-2D In Second Refueling Test
Germany Deploys Two Helicopters For Kabul Evacuations
Israel Launches Missile Strikes On Syria Over Lebanese Airspace
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