Germany announced on Monday the permanent deployment of a German brigade of 4,800 soldiers to Lithuania. This figure was reached in an agreement in Vilnius between German Defence Minister Boris… Continue reading "Germany to Permanently Deploy Troops to Lithuania"
Kyrgyzstan has received the Bayraktar Akıncı and TAI Aksungur unmanned aerial vehicles that it earlier ordered from Turkey’s leading aviation companies, Baykar and Turkish Aerospace Industies (TAI). Kyrgyz President Sadyr… Continue reading "Kyrgyzstan Receives First Bayraktar Akıncı & TAI Aksungur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"
The head of the Wagner private military corporation, Yevgeny Prighozin, has allegedly died in the Wednesday crash of a business jet owned by the company in Russia. The Russian Ministry… Continue reading "Wagner PMC Head Yevgeny Prighozin Allegedly Killed In Plane Crash"
On the afternoon of the 15 August, the Vistula road was filled with thousands of spectators. They gathered to watch the largest military parade organized in Poland since the fall… Continue reading "The Future Of Polish Armed Forces In Profile: The Armed Forces Day Parade"
On August 7, during the briefing of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, Maciej Wąsik, and commander of the Polish Border Guards, Gen. Tomasz Praga. In his speech,… Continue reading "Polish Border Guards Ask Army For Additional Aid"
The Kyrgyz Air Force received the Mi-17V-5 helicopter purchased under a contract signed between the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Rosoboronexport Aerospace and defense company… Continue reading "The Kyrgyz Air Force Receives A New Mi-17V-5 Helicopter From Russia"
The Polish Army announced on Wednesday that the first of 116 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks it has on order had arrived in Poland. According to the statement announcing the… Continue reading "Poland Receives First M1A1 Abrams Tanks"
In recent days an unconfirmed report of a Belarussian partisan unit conducting a strike on Russian A-50U AWACS in Machulishchy was shared by various sources on social media. The Beriev… Continue reading "Beriev A-50U AWACS Returns To Russia For Repairs"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing, this is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s edition, we look at HIMARS procurement in Europe,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (20-24 February)"
Within the last few days, the White House has confirmed major new equipment and armament deliveries to Ukraine. Among the many weapons systems, Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles were included in… Continue reading "Pentagon Considers Sending Strykers To Ukraine"