Weekend Briefing (3-7 January)
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We welcome New Year with a raft of interesting articles focused on events from around the world. This week we have published stories on Pakistan’s jet procurement, the development of events in Kazakhstan, F-35 fighter interest in Thailand, Iran ballistic missile tests, and much more. Check out our full list of articles from this week is below.
First Evolved Cape Class Begins Sea Trials
Pakistan Purchases 25 J-10C Multi-Role Fighter Jets from China
Thai Air Force Head Interested In F-35 Procurement
Finnish President Reiterates Freedom To Join NATO
Israel Signs An Agreement To Purchase 12 CH-53K King Stallions And Two KC-46 Pegasus Refueling Aircraft
EOTECH Acquires Night Vision Specialists Photonics
Reports: Russia Steps Up Mercenary Recruiting For Donbas Deployments
U.S. Led Coalition In Syria Comes Under Rocket Artillery Fire
Houthi Rebels Capture Ship With Saudi Military Equipment
Indian Navy To Test Rafale M For INS Vikrant From SBTF
North Korea Launches First Ballistic Missile of 2022
UPDATED: CSTO “Peacekeepers” Deploy To Suppress Kazakh Protests
Australia and Japan Sign Historic Agreement To Boost Military Ties
Qatar Emiri Air Force Receives First NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter
South Korea’s K2NO MBT Undertakes Tests In Norway
Norway’s F-16s Have Flown Their Last QRA Sortie
Soaring Gas Prices Cause Massive Protests in Kazakhstan
US Sanctions Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik For “Destabilizing And Corrupt Activity”
Kazakh Security Forces Cleared To “Fire Without Warning” On Protesters
Netherlands Declare Initial Operational Capability of Its F-35s
Iran Increases Range of “Qiam” Ballistic Missile To 1000 Kilometers
South Korea Grounds F-35As Following Belly Landing Incident
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