Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday that it was unlikely for Sweden to supply Gripen fighter aircraft to Ukraine for the time being, as Sweden needed them for… Continue reading "Swedish Prime Minister: No Gripens For Ukraine In The Short Term"
The Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, to the West, is an unjustified and illegal war. The invasion in February 2023 was a significant event for international politics. The majority of… Continue reading "Culture and Nostalgia — Russia’s Identity and War in Ukraine"
Despite being one of the largest and best known defense companies in the world, at DSEI Japan 2023, Saab had only a modest stand when compared to companies like Lockheed… Continue reading "DSEI Japan 2023: A Look at Saab’s Cutting-Edge Live Training System"
The UK Ministry of Defence has formally announced its intention to acquire the Archer self-propelled gun system from BAE Systems. The British Army will receive the first 14 artillery systems… Continue reading "UK Selects BAE’s Archer as Interim AS90 Artillery Replacement"
A few days ago, the Norwegian Intelligence Service released its annual Fokus 2023 “assessment of current security challenges”. Norway’s primary concerns are made clear by the page allotment; the report… Continue reading "Annual Norwegian Intelligence Service Report Focuses on Russian and Chinese and Threats"
On Monday, February 13, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced that Denmark had transferred all of its Caesar self-propelled artillery to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “Denmark has given Ukraine all of… Continue reading "Denmark Transfers All Of Its CAESAR Self-Propelled Howitzers To Ukraine"
Logistics is important and while the U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program may not be on everyone’s radar it is a key project which aims to replace the Army’s… Continue reading "U.S. Army Selects 4 Teams to Supply Prototypes for Common Tactical Truck Program"
According to an official joint statement made on 9 December, Britain, Italy and Japan will join forces to develop a 6th generation fighter together. The program will be called the… Continue reading "Britain, Italy and Japan to Develop New Fighter Together"
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 Indonesia Rafale Contract, the Space Force’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 October)"
Turkey’s abrupt attempts to block Finland and Sweden’s membership of NATO wiped out the jubilation of those who pass off glorified rewriting of Wikipedia articles as analysis, yet its equally… Continue reading "Erdogan’s Last Electoral Card Is Geopolitical"