Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. We continue to deliver more fascinating news from around the World regarding military… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (21-25 February)"
Yesterday, in the early hours of the morning the Russian Federation launched an invasion of Ukraine. If you missed our coverage of the first day of the conflict, you can… Continue reading "UPDATES: Kyiv Under Pressure as Russia Renews Advances"
An Iranian Air Force F-5 fighter aircraft crashed in a residential neighborhood near Tabriz in East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran, shortly after take-off on February 21 owing to a… Continue reading "Iranian Air Force F-5 Fighter Aircraft Crashes Near Tabriz"
A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warship allegedly lasered a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) surveillance plane while transiting the Arafura sea, within Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The “serious… Continue reading "RAAF P-8A Hit by Laser During “Dangerous” Encounter with Chinese Navy"
The French Navy – Marine Nationale – began its annual Jean D’Arc training deployment on Friday. The annual deployments serve as a rite of passage for new naval officers, for whom it… Continue reading "French Navy Begins Jean D’Arc 2022"
The largest international naval exercise in the Middle East, IMX/CE 22, which began in late January with the involvement of 60 countries and international organizations, including Israel, and was led… Continue reading "Middle East’s Largest Naval Exercise IMX/CE 2022 Comes to an End"
Speaking before a budget panel of Japan’s House of Representatives, Japanese defense minister Nobuo Kishi said that a preemptive strike against an enemy base on foreign land is a military… Continue reading "Japanese Defense Minister Says Japan Has the Right to Preemptively Strike Overseas Bases"
As the scale and breadth of destruction in Tonga becomes clear, additional international assistance has arrived in the form of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and Japanese Maritime Self… Continue reading "East Asian Navies Arrive In Tonga – Relief Efforts Continue"
Elbit Systems, an Israeli aerospace and defense company, has announced that the Skylark 3 Hybrid UAS, the newest member of the Skylark Small Tactical UAS (STUAS) family, will be on… Continue reading "Elbit Systems To Showcase The Skylark 3 Hybrid Propulsion Small Tactical UAS at Singapore Airshow 2022"
Time synchronization has become critical to just about every aspect of modern military operations. Everything from high-tech missiles and sensors to artillery depends on accurate calculations down to the nearest… Continue reading "DARPA Program Seeks to Enable Precise Time Synchronization Without GPS"