Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including Australian P-8 interception,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (6-10 June)"
Sweden’s government narrowly averted a crisis on Tuesday with a vote of no confidence against Justice Minister Morgan Johansson failing to pass by one vote, but the demands made by… Continue reading "Swedish Government Wins Respite, But Uncertainty Still Surrounds NATO Membership Odds"
A new crisis faced by Sweden’s minority government has cast uncertainty over the future of Sweden’s application for membership of NATO, following a threat by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson that… Continue reading "Swedish Government Crisis Leaves NATO Membership Bid Hanging In The Balance"
Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar announced on Thursday that it would be donating one of its TB2 attack drones free of charge to Ukraine, following a recent Lithuanian fundraiser for the… Continue reading "Baykar Announces Donation Of TB2 Attack Drone To Ukraine"
On the morning of Wednesday, 18 May, Finland and Sweden both submitted membership applications to NATO, ending decades (or for Sweden, centuries) of a policy of formal neutrality. This does… Continue reading "Editorial: What Does Finish and Swedish Membership Mean For NATO?"
A fundraising campaign by a Lithuanian media outlet to purchase a Bayraktar TB2 armed drone for Ukraine successfully gathered over $5.4 million dollars in just three and a half days.… Continue reading "Lithuanians Raise $5.4 Million In Three Days To Buy Ukraine An Armed Drone"
The Pakistan PN MİLGEM Project, Turkey’s largest single defense industry export item, has delivered its third vessel. Pakistan’s third Babur-class corvette, the PNS BADR, constructed under the main contractorship of… Continue reading "PNS BADR, the Third Ship of the PN MİLGEM Project, Has Been Launched"
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to block Finland and Sweden’s applications for membership of NATO, going as far as accusing Sweden of being a “hatchery” for “terrorists”.… Continue reading "Erdogan Threatens To Block Finnish & Swedish NATO Membership Over “Terrorist Support” Allegations"
At the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid an official visit to Ankara with a large delegation on Tuesday, May 10. During the visit, 15… Continue reading "TAI’s ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Will Be Produced in Kazakhstan"
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues Bayraktar TB2 drones continue to carry out operations around Zmiinyi ‘Snake’ Island, which is strategically important in the Black Sea. The Bayraktar… Continue reading "Ukrainian TB2 Destroys Russian Mi-8 Helicopter On Snake Island in First Reported Aerial Kill"