The British House of Commons Defence Committee recently published its newest report: “Defence Space: Through Adversity to the Stars?”. In short, the committee was not very pleased with the Ministry… Continue reading "UK Parliament Committee Publishes Highly Critical Report on British Space Defense"
On October 24 Romanian Minster of Defense Vasile Dincu announced his resignation: “I, Vasile DINCU, member of the Romanian Government, Minister of Defense, ask you [the Prime Minster] to take… Continue reading "Romanian Defense Minister Resigns Following Ukraine Comments"
According to a recent announcement by the Austrian government, their military will be receiving 25% more funding in 2023 than it did in 2022 – from €2.7 billion to €3.38… Continue reading "Austria to Increase Defense Budget by 25% in 2023"
On 8 October, rail service came to a halt for almost 3 hours in Northern Germany stranding thousands of passengers and massively disrupting both local and long distance train travel.… Continue reading "Following Sabotage of German Rail, European Leaders Warn of Threats to European Infrastructure"
On 10 October, a five day long “Indestructible Brotherhood 2022” CTSO military exercise involving Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and a number of observers were scheduled… Continue reading "Kyrgyzstan Cancels Drills with Russia At the Last Moment"
On 28 September, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group met in Brussels to discuss the long-term aid being sent to Ukraine. The group includes over 50 members, each committed to supplying… Continue reading "Nations Supplying Ukraine With Military Aid Discuss Standardization"
Speaking this week, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that Germany has to play a leading military role regardless of if the country wants to or not as along with… Continue reading "German Defense Minister Says Germany Must Step Up and Play a Leading Military Role"
On 6 September, the Latvian government expressed approval for reintroducing mandatory military service to the country. The Latvian Minister of Defense is expected to present a draft law to the… Continue reading "Latvia Planning to Bring Back Mandatory Military Service"
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"
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?"