In late December 2019, tensions between the US and Iran escalated into a series of clashes between Shia militias and troops deployed in Iraq. With an attack on the US… Continue reading "US Airborne Troops Trapped in Kuwaiti Limbo"
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly formally resigned on Tuesday, following massive uproar from lawmakers and the public after audio and a transcript of a 15 minute speech he… Continue reading "Acting Navy Secretary Modly Resigns Following Speech Row"
Malaysia has taken delivery of the first six Boeing Insitu ScanEagle 2 maritime surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles and support equipment donated as part of the US Southeast Asia Maritime Security… Continue reading "Malaysia Receives First ScanEagle 2 UAVs"
NATO had planned for March 2020 to be a huge test for the entire of the alliance’s defensive capabilities. The concept of rapid deployment of troops on the Eastern Flank… Continue reading "NATO Scales Back Defender Europe 2020 as Russia Continues Exercises"
For several weeks Italy has been struggling with a huge rise in the number people infected by Coronavirus. With more than 9,000 dead (at the time of publications) and its… Continue reading "Russian Help to Italy Declared ‘Useless’"
On 11th March, European Command cancelled what was left of the Cold Response exercise, one of several exercises to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Norwegian-based maneuvers started… Continue reading "Cold Response and Other Military Exercises Cancelled or Scaled Down due to Covid–19"
The Indonesian and Russian governments have denied reports that the Indonesian purchase of 11 Sukhoi Su-35 (NATO reporting name Flanker-E) multirole aircraft had been abandoned. The demise of the $1.1… Continue reading "Indonesia and Russia Deny Demise of Su-35 Contract"
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Tod D. Wolters of the United States Air Force, tried to calm concerns over the COVID-19… Continue reading "NATO to “Modify” Exercise Defender Europe 20 Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak"