Following Taliban’s march in Northern Afghanistan, more than a 1,000 members of the Afghan security forces crossed the border into Tajikistan, according to the Tajik border guard service. The troops… Continue reading "Over A Thousand Afghan Soldiers Fleeing The Taliban Take Refuge In Tajikistan"
An FBI search warrant obtained by the Daily Beast revealed that in a Facebook group chat called “Right Wing Death Squad”, active-duty US Marine PFC Travis Owens alongside James Wisdom… Continue reading "US Marine Planned to Bomb DNC & Massacre Civilians"
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s newest military base in the Mediterranean, called The “3rd of July” . The base, which is located in the Gargoub region of Egypt’s northwest… Continue reading "Egypt Inaugurates a New Military Naval Base In The Eastern Mediterranean"
Just before the summer break, on June 23rd, the Reichstag approved the biggest budget in the history of the Bundeswehr. The German military is going to receive a sum exceeding… Continue reading "Record Budget for Bundeswehr Approved"
The Russian Air Force is the key component for the Russian Armed Forces and their offensive doctrine. Frontline air wings have to support advancing mechanized troops with as much airpower… Continue reading "Little Experience and No Aircraft Replenishment Hits Russian Air Force"
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) decommissioned its Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft after two years of its launch and a year later than its initial expected decommissioning… Continue reading "Air Force Research Laboratory Retires Largest Self Supporting Satellite"
This week at Overt Defense we have covered a host of stories from around the world ranging from the end of the Belgian manhunt for a reservist who stole a… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (21 – 25 June)"
The President of Ukraine, Volodymir Zelensky, has announced a new defensive policy for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The act on the ‘Fundamentals of National Resistance‘ was presented to the… Continue reading "Ukraine’s President Announces Total Defense Policy"
Jeremy Quinn, the UK Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement), and Oleksandr Myroniuk, the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister, signed a memorandum of implementation on maritime partnership projects between the… Continue reading "UK and Ukraine Sign a Memorandum On The Implementation of Maritime Partnership Projects"
Back in December, the US Navy published its “Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels” which included plans for a navy of 355 manned vessels by the 2030s and… Continue reading "US Navy Updates Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan"