Latvia’s Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece has confirmed that the Baltic state’s entire remaining stock of Stinger man portable air defense systems would be transferred to Ukraine as quickly as possible.… Continue reading "Latvia To Transfer All of its Stingers to Ukraine"
Germany will provide Ukraine with 50 Flakpanzer Gepard mobile anti-aircraft systems. The announcement follows a large scale defense talks in Germany involving over 40 countries. US Secretary Secretary of Defense… Continue reading "Germany To Transfer Gepard Anti-Air Systems to Ukraine, But Switzerland Blocks Ammunition Transfer"
Overnight Kharkiv and Kyiv suffered renewed bombardment with numerous videos shared on social media showing the shelling. The Bombardment of Mariupol in the south also continued. Russian forces made small… Continue reading "Updates: War In Ukraine (Day 20)"
As we enter the 13th day of the conflict the situation on the ground, as far as we can understand it, remains fairly static with the major cities still in… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 13)"
The German Ministry of Defense announced on Friday the deployment of two German Air Force H145M LUH SOF special operations helicopters to Kabul. The two helicopters will be used to… Continue reading "Germany Deploys Two Helicopters For Kabul Evacuations"
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Monday that the Pentagon plans to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all military personnel by the middle of September. In a message to… Continue reading "Pentagon: COVID-19 Vaccine Required By Mid-September"
Pentagon leaders said on Thursday that international terrorist groups present in Afghanistan were capable of regenerating an ability to threaten the US homeland within two years of the withdrawal of… Continue reading "SECDEF Austin: “Possibly Two Years” For International Terrorist Groups To Regenerate In Afghanistan Following US Withdrawal"
Following the initial reveal of Biden’s proposed $715 billion FY2022 defense budget, congressional hearings quickly got underway. On 8 June, the Senate Armed Services Committee presided over a hearing concerning… Continue reading "What the DoD is Highlighting in the Congressional Budget Hearings"
An Afghan government official told The National that, as part of a $130 million arrangement with NATO, the Turkish government has agreed to take over Kabul’s major airport, Hamid Karzai… Continue reading "Turkey To Take Over Kabul International Airport From NATO"
On Thursday 29 April, US General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Hawaii. These were Japanese Chief of… Continue reading "Top US, Korean and Japanese Military Officials Meet in Hawaii"