The Romanian Ministry of Defense‘s press service reported on December 14, that the United States government had donated an H model C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft to the Romanian Air… Continue reading "The US Donates a C-130 Hercules Military Transport Aircraft To The Romanian Air Force"
A virtual exercise at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado saw the Space Force test the resilience of America’s satellite network against the growing threat of Russian and Chinese anti-satellite… Continue reading "Space Force Exercise Tests Ability of Satellite Network to Resist Attack"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. Among many interesting subjects we covered this week we examined tensions between… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (13-17 December)"
Russia’s Foreign Ministry released on Friday a draft agreement with NATO member states and a draft treaty with the United States, laying out its demands for “legally binding” guarantees from… Continue reading "Russia Demands Eastern European NATO Presence Rolled Back To 1997"
On December 13, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met his Lithuanian counterpart Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas at the Pentagon. The two men signed a new agreement on reciprocal defense… Continue reading "US and Lithuania Sign Interoperability Agreement as Lithuanian Tensions with Russia and China Escalate"
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated last Friday that the relations between Kremlin and its Western counterparts have come to a critical point. The cause of the determination in… Continue reading "A Critical Line in Russian Relations With the West"
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense has announced that both of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, will be operationally deployed next year.… Continue reading "Both UK Aircraft Carriers To Be Operationally Deployed In 2022"
Romania’s Ministry of National Defense has revealed that it seeks to purchase 32 F-16s from Norway, following the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s retirement of the type by the end of… Continue reading "Romania Expresses Interest In Ex-Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s"
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned of a possible military or “military-technical” response, should a perceived lack of progress towards a political and diplomatic solution on demands recently… Continue reading "Moscow: Military Response Possible If Our Missile Deployment Demands Not Met"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. This week’s articles focused topics including the death of the Indian First… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (6 – 10 December)"