On 13 July, France’s parliament approved President Emmanual Macron’s 413 billion Euro spending boost to the nation’s armed forces. A part of France’s 2024-2026 budget it was previously announced by… Continue reading "French Parliament Approves Plans to Increase National Military Spending"
During a House of Representatives Armed Services Committee hearing U.S. Defence Department official, Colin Kahl, revealed that it is believed Iran could produce enough enriched fissile materials to produce a… Continue reading "Department of Defense: Iran Capable of Producing Fissile Materials ‘in about 12 days’"
On 29 November, the US Department of Defense delivered its annual report on Chinese military power to the US Congress. The report comes in at 174 pages and is the… Continue reading "US Department of Defense Releases New Report on Chinese Military and Security"
While Iran has been shaken by public protests calling for the regime’s downfall, a third announcement about the controversial missile program was made this week. According to the Iranian official… Continue reading "Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Claims That It Is Developing a Hypersonic Ballistic Missile"
A US diplomatic cable and two officials familiar with the program have confirmed the acceleration in the planned upgrade of the American B61 atomic bombs stockpile in Europe. The statements… Continue reading "US Fast-tracking Upgrade of its Nuclear Arsenal In Europe"
Two weeks after the White House announced the new US National Security Strategy (NSS), the Department of Defense released its National Defense Strategy (NDS). The 27 October release also includes… Continue reading "US Releases 2022 National Defense Strategy"
India’s lone operational SSBN, INS Arihant, carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on October 14, 2022. The missile was tested to a predetermined range… Continue reading "Indian Navy Conducts SLBM Test From Lone SSBN, Showcases Growing Capability Of Western Fleet"
On Sunday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that a short-range ballistic missile was fired from Northwestern North Korea’s North Phyongan Province. The missile accelerated to about Mach… Continue reading "North Korea Launches Missile Into the Sea of Japan as Kamala Harris Visits Tokyo and Seoul"
At 11:01 PDT (06:01 UTC), Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California launched a Minotaur II+ missile from Test Pad 01, which then exploded 11 seconds later.… Continue reading "US Missile Launch Test Ends in Explosion"
The first of three converted KC-135Rs slated to replace the existing WC-135 fleet, WC-135R 64-14836, has begun flying test flights in full Constant Phoenix configuration in preparation for delivery to… Continue reading "New WC-135 Constant Phoenix Takes Flight"