In the last weeks of 2022, a Military Recruitment Center (Wojskowe Centrum Rekrutacji – WCR) in the town of Sieradz began sending out calls for military exercises to civilians in… Continue reading "Will the Polish Army Resort To Conscription This Year?"
The baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been staunch supporters of Ukraine. Lithuania’s military has been providing training of various sorts since 2015 and in 2023 looks to… Continue reading "Lithuania Plans Expansion of Ukrainian Training Program"
On 27 December, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen announced in her first press conference in over two years, that starting from the first day of 2024, all eligible Taiwanese men born… Continue reading "Taiwan To Extend Conscription To One Year"
On 13 Decemberh, during a visit by an Australian delegation led by Foreign Minister Penny Wong to the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, the two democracies signed a new defense… Continue reading "Australia and Vanuatu Sign New Defense Agreement"
The US Department of Defense has announced that US forces in Europe will expand the training provided to Ukrainian troops. Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder announced that training… Continue reading "US to Expand Training of Ukrainian Troops"
The United States have been training Ukrainian personnel on a plethora of equipment large and small for months. Everything from small UAVs up to M777 howitzers and M142 HIMARS. The… Continue reading "United States Has Trained More Than 3,000 Ukrainians on Everything from Drones to HIMARS"
On 6 December, the US State Department approved the possible sale of 116 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Poland. The sale comes out to a whopping $3.75 billion although Polish defense… Continue reading "State Department Approves $3.75 Billion Sale of Over 100 M1A1 Abrams Tanks & Depleted Uranium Rounds to Poland"
The Indian Air Force (IAF) held large-scale exercises with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in October – November. The HAL… Continue reading "IAF Debuts HAL Tejas In Exercises With France, Singapore"
The Indian Navy (IN) held multiple naval exercises with various international partners during the past month. These included regular exercises such as MALABAR and SIMBEX as well as new exercises… Continue reading "Indian Navy Holds Multiple Exercises with Partners, MALABAR 2022 Concludes"
The Royal Jordanian Air Force (Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī ‘al-Urdunī) signed a contract with the US aerospace company Bell Textron to purchase 10 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters during the… Continue reading "Bell Textron To Supply The Royal Jordanian Air Force With 10 Bell 505 Training Helicopters"