Source: Defence Blog U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson announced plans to build two new military bases in the Caribbean and southeast Asia, according to the Sunday Telegraph. Citing an interview with Gavin Williamson, the Sunday Telegraph reported that the plans…
Source: Military Leak Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company and Boeing provided the first look at the SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter the companies have developed for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program. The SB>1 DEFIANT™ is designed to fly at…
Source: UNIAN The Russian-led occupation forces continue massing heavy weapons in the area near the Russian occupied city of Luhansk in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, and conduct live-fire exercises, preparing for active hostilities. This is reported on Facebook by Ukrainian members…
Source: Reuters Struggling to fill its ranks, Germany’s military is drawing up plans to recruit nationals from other European countries as part of a drive to beef up the armed forces. Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen wants to recruit…
Source: EMPR The key dates and facts of Russian aggression in the Azov-Kerch theater of operation in 2018. April 27 – The border guard service of the FSB of Russia begins a series of selective stops and inspections of merchant…
Source: The Diplomat By Franz-Stefan Gady The People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket Force (PLARF) has conducts its first live fire drill of its newly acquired first regimental set of Russian-made S-400 Triumf long-range interceptor-based air defense systems (NATO reporting name: SA-21…
Source: UA Wire Yuriy Biryukov, advisor to the President of Ukraine said on the talk show “Situation” on Pryamyi TV that the Ukrainian Army has taken control of almost all of the gray zone, the territory which separates them from…
Source: Foreign Policy By Steven A. Cook Last summer I wrote a piece for Foreign Policy called “Trump Is the First President to Get Turkey Right.” Some of my colleagues and friends thought I gone quite mad as the U.S.…
Source: AFP Ankara’s purchase of US missiles worth $3.5 billion will not affect a deal to acquire rival S-400 missiles from Russia, the Turkish presidential spokesman said Monday. “The US Patriot sale process does not affect the S-400 process. We…
Source: Bloomberg By Anthony Capaccio Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation on Thursday, citing differences over policy with Donald Trump, a day after the president abruptly called for the withdrawal of American forces from Syria. Mattis informed the president…