On August 7, during the briefing of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, Maciej Wąsik, and commander of the Polish Border Guards, Gen. Tomasz Praga. In his speech,… Continue reading "Polish Border Guards Ask Army For Additional Aid"
The Kyrgyz Air Force received the Mi-17V-5 helicopter purchased under a contract signed between the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Rosoboronexport Aerospace and defense company… Continue reading "The Kyrgyz Air Force Receives A New Mi-17V-5 Helicopter From Russia"
The Polish Army announced on Wednesday that the first of 116 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks it has on order had arrived in Poland. According to the statement announcing the… Continue reading "Poland Receives First M1A1 Abrams Tanks"
In recent days an unconfirmed report of a Belarussian partisan unit conducting a strike on Russian A-50U AWACS in Machulishchy was shared by various sources on social media. The Beriev… Continue reading "Beriev A-50U AWACS Returns To Russia For Repairs"
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 look at HIMARS procurement in Europe,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (20-24 February)"
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"
According to reports from Ukrainian state media agency Ukrinform, Morocco will become the first African country to send military aid to Ukraine. The kingdom will send spare parts for T-72… Continue reading "Morocco Will be the First African Country to Send Aid to Ukraine"
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"
On 10 October, a five day long “Indestructible Brotherhood 2022” CTSO military exercise involving Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and a number of observers were scheduled… Continue reading "Kyrgyzstan Cancels Drills with Russia At the Last Moment"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to upgrade its fleet of older Mi-17 helicopters. The medium lift helicopters will be upgraded with new avionics and Electronic Warfare (EW) suites.… Continue reading "IAF To Upgrade Mi-17s With EW Suites, Looks For Vehicle Mounted GPS Jammers"