On October 15, the United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published a new report in its “Military Power” series taking a look at North Korea (DPRK), its military strategy, organization… Continue reading "New Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Report Assesses North Korean Capabilities"
Welcome back to the Weekend Briefing our regular round up of the week’s defense news. This week saw Japan’s Izumo undertake historic F-35B trials, USS Connecticut was involved in an… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 October)"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (19 – 23 July)"
This weekend at Overt Defense we’re rounding up some of the week’s biggest defense news. The situation in Afghanistan is becoming critical with 1,000 ANA soldiers to fleeing to Tajikistan,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (5 – 9 July)"
The week between June and July saw us cover a range of subjects and stories. Among them we focused on US airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, the Swiss choice of… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (28 June – 2 July)"
Following the initial reveal of Biden’s proposed $715 billion FY2022 defense budget, congressional hearings quickly got underway. On 8 June, the Senate Armed Services Committee presided over a hearing concerning… Continue reading "What the DoD is Highlighting in the Congressional Budget Hearings"
The Wall Street Journal reported eearlier this week that the US administration has decided to pull Patriot anti-missile systems out of the Persian Gulf region. The US has reportedly decided… Continue reading "Biden Administration to Relocate Patriot Missiles From Middle East"
The third week of March brought us more interesting defense news. Sadly, its seen several air incidents, the situation in Western Tigray raises many concerns as updated of satellite imagery… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (22-26 March)"
On January 27th, the Congressional Research Service published a report titled “Renewed Great Power Competition: Implications for Defense—Issues for Congress”. Over the following week, this was quickly followed up by… Continue reading "New Series of Reports to Congress Concerning Great Power Competition"
It has been, quite frankly, a heck of a year, I think anyone reading this will agree. Obviously, the world-wide pandemic has dominated headlines, with the disease having a major… Continue reading "2020 – The Year’s Defense News In Review"