The Polish Infantry Fighting Vehicle Badger was set to conclude its trials within the next few months, but the Polish Ministry of Defense has announced that they will be ordering… Continue reading "Poland Seeks Heavy IFV To Compliment Badger Program"
Turkey has begun mass production of a new munition designed specifically for its drones. In an exclusive interview with an AA correspondent, Gürcan Okumuş, Director of the Turkish Scientific and… Continue reading "Turkish Defense Industry Begins Mass Production of BOZOK Laser-Guided Munitions For Drones"
Speaking at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced plans for an expanded Japanese security role in the Indo-Pacific. As he addressed the… Continue reading "Kishida Pledges to Expand Japan’s International Security Role"
Two British men and a Moroccan man who fought for the Ukrainian military in Mariupol have been sentenced to death by Russian proxy “separatists”. The internationally unrecognised Donetsk People’s Republic’s… Continue reading "Britons, Moroccan National Sentenced To Death In Russian “Show Trial”"
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 Lithuanian TB-2 crowdfunding… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (30 May – 3 June)"
A referendum held on Wednesday June 1, is brining Denmark into the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union. For 30 years, Denmark had refused to join… Continue reading "Danish Citizens Vote to Join Common EU Defense Policy"
Iranian state television (IRIB) has released images of a secret military base it says is hidden somewhere in the middle of the Zagros mountain range that runs along the country’s… Continue reading "Iran Releases Images of Secret “Strategic UAV Base 313”"
Polish interest in South Korean-designed K2 main battle tanks (MBT) appears to have been rekindled following a tweet from Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence of Poland. Błaszczak who is… Continue reading "Poland Rekindles Interest In South Korean K2 Tanks"
Satellite imagery from Airbus dated May 29 has shown that Russia has been using the air base at Millerovo as a forward operating base (FOB) for helicopter operations. Around 20… Continue reading "Satellite Imagery Shows a Large Number of Helicopters at Russia’s Millerovo Airbase"
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 Belarus’ S-400 purchase,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (23-27 May)"