A short time ago, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, together with general Sergei Surovikin who commands all Russian forces in Ukraine, publicly announced that Russian troops will withdraw from… Continue reading "Confirmed: Russian Forces are Withdrawing from Kherson"
With the rain of the Ukrainian autumn already turning rural roads into quagmires and the winter snows fast approaching tracked armored fighting vehicles are going to become invaluable. With the… Continue reading "Ukrainian Crowd Funding Effort Successfully Raises Funds to Buy 60 British Spartan APCs"
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"
Censys Technologies debuted the Slayer Kinetic Killer at the 59th Annual Association of Old Crows International Symposium and Convention. Slayer K2 was one of many Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) systems… Continue reading "AOC 2022: Censys Technologies Debut Slayer Kinetic Killer C-UAS Drone"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover Korean maritime border incident, Indian OneWeb… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (24-28 October)"
The first Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from BAYKAR were delivered to Poland. The delivery was announced by the Polish Ministry of Defense. A ceremony held at the Polish Air Force’s 12th… Continue reading "Baykar Delivers First 6 Bayraktar TB2 Drones To Poland"
The ongoing war in Ukraine has demonstrated to American officials that the ability to provide internet infrastructure anywhere in the world at any time has immense value. Elon Musk’s Starlink… Continue reading "US Looking Into Government-Operated Starlink Alternative"
Lithuania has signed a four year contract with Saab to procure further RBS 70 very short range air defense missiles. Running through to 2026, the contract, valued at SEK 350… Continue reading "Lithuania Orders More RBS 70 Missiles Air Defense Missiles from Saab"
Greece received the first six of the 40 tracked armored infantry fighting vehicles of the Marder 1A3 type expected from Germany. These vehicles were delivered to Greece as part of… Continue reading "Greece Receives The First 6 Marder 1A3 Type Infantry Fighting Vehicles From Germany"
The United States and its allies are exploring methods of funding the operations of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite communications system in Ukraine or an alternative, as a result of waning faith… Continue reading "United States, Allies Explore Starlink Funding Options"