Weekend Briefing (31 January – 4 February)
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. As February begins, we continue to cover the latest from around the world. In today’s Weekend Briefing you can find articles on UAE interception of Houthi ballistic missile attacks, Russia’s continued build up on Ukraine’s borders, the 7th Fleet’s loss of an F-35C, the implications of India’s new defense budget, the 82nd Airborne Division’s deployment to Europe, the raid which killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, and much more. The list of articles is available down below.
UAE Intercepts Third Houthi Ballistic Missile In Three Weeks
JASDF Aggressor F-15 Goes Missing Over Sea Of Japan
3D Printed Ramp Seals Fitted to C-130J
U.S. Navy Confirms Authenticity Of F-35C Crash Video, Photograph
New Mexico National Guard Deployed as Substitute Teachers
Ukraine: No Evidence Of Russian Medical Stockpiling So Far
US Cancels $130 Million in Military Aid to Egypt Over Human Rights Concerns
Two CEOs, Broker Detained In Malaysian Littoral Combat Ship Program Corruption Investigation
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Visits The Largest Drone Manufacturing Facility In Russia
British Army Confirms Intentions For Precision Strike Missile Procurement
Egypt Agrees to Buy K9 Howitzers from South Korea for $1.7 Billion
The First Musherib Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Is Delivered to The Qatari Emiri Navy
Lockheed Martin & Airbus Detail LMXT Strategic Tanker Manufacturing Plans
US To Temporarily Forward Deploy 2,000 Troops To Europe
Indian Defence Budget: Navy, Coast Guard And Border Infrastructure Gets Massive Increase
President Biden Decides to Designate Qatar as a Major Non-NATO Ally
UK Publishes Defence Space Strategy; Pledges £1.4 Billion to Space Defense
Spain Gives The “Green Light” To The Eurodrone Program
ISIS Leader Killed in US Special Operations Raid in Syria, Biden says
Defense Industry President İsmail Demir Announces The Goals of the Turkish Defense Industry for 2022
Taiwan’s Navy Commissions First Two Minelaying Squadrons
Pakistan Receives Modernized IL-78 Refueling Tanker Aircraft From Ukraine
French Army Reports It Neutralized 60 Terrorists in Burkina Faso
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