On Wednesday, January 18, Latvian Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece visited Kiev to meet with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada President Ruslan Stefanchuk. Following her meeting with… Continue reading "Latvia to Deliver a Range Of Military Aid to Ukraine, Including Additional Stinger MANPADS, Mi-17 Helicopters and Drones"
British government has decided to deliver around 30 AS-90 self-propelled howitzers and 12 Challenger 2 main battle tanks. Two British tabloids: The Mirror and The Sun, initially broke the story.… Continue reading "UK to Send AS-90s, Challenger 2 Tanks to Ukraine"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing, this is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s edition, we cover Canada’s F-35 procurement, the… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (9-13 January)"
The Russian arms industry is extremely important to Russia as it underpins both Russia’s hard power capabilities and makes up a significant part of the Federation’s economy. According to one… Continue reading "The Future of Russian Arms Exports"
Within the last few days, the White House has confirmed major new equipment and armament deliveries to Ukraine. Among the many weapons systems, Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles were included in… Continue reading "Pentagon Considers Sending Strykers To Ukraine"
On the 11 January, during his visit to the city of Lviv, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, announced the decision to grant the transfer of ten Leopard 2 Main… Continue reading "Breaking: Poland Ready To Transfer Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine"
Since the war in Ukraine began, the Russian Armed Forces have used thousands of tons of artillery ammunition in a vast arrange of calibers. Dominant amongst these is the venerable… Continue reading "Is Russia Running Short of Ammunition?"
Following a phone conference on Thursday afternoon, between President Biden and Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the United States and Germany have signalled their intention to supply Ukraine with Bradley and Marder… Continue reading "Ukraine to Receive US Bradley and German Marder IFVs"
France is set to provide Ukraine with AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicles, which are often described as light tanks or tank destroyers, but was largely designed for aggressive scouting. The… Continue reading "France To Transfer AMX-10 RCs to Ukraine"
The baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been staunch supporters of Ukraine. Lithuania’s military has been providing training of various sorts since 2015 and in 2023 looks to… Continue reading "Lithuania Plans Expansion of Ukrainian Training Program"