The Romanian Ministry of Defense‘s press service reported on December 14, that the United States government had donated an H model C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft to the Romanian Air… Continue reading "The US Donates a C-130 Hercules Military Transport Aircraft To The Romanian Air Force"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. Among many interesting subjects we covered this week we examined tensions between… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (13-17 December)"
On December 13, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met his Lithuanian counterpart Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas at the Pentagon. The two men signed a new agreement on reciprocal defense… Continue reading "US and Lithuania Sign Interoperability Agreement as Lithuanian Tensions with Russia and China Escalate"
Belarus has received a new batch of Russian-made BTR-82A armored personnel carriers and BTR-80K command vehicles, according to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense’s press office on December 9. Colonel Dmitry… Continue reading "Russia Delivers The Second Batch of BTR-82A Armored Vehicles to Belarus"
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned of a possible military or “military-technical” response, should a perceived lack of progress towards a political and diplomatic solution on demands recently… Continue reading "Moscow: Military Response Possible If Our Missile Deployment Demands Not Met"
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense today denied that it was planning to close its training units in Alberta, Canada, following media reports that the British Army Training Unit Suffield… Continue reading "UK MoD Denies Plans To Close Canadian Training Facilities"
The Minister of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, informed on Twitter that the Polish Army will obtain 300 used MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) Cougar 4×4 vehicles. The procurement is a part… Continue reading "More Used MRAPs for Polish Armed Forces"
Ukraine is set to buy a frigate from the United Kingdom as well as several more missile boats as part of a deal that was signed last week between the two governments.… Continue reading "Ukraine to Buy British Frigate, Missile Boats in $2.2bn Deal"
The British Ministry of Defense has announced that MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) has been “confirmed” for use in Poland’s NAREW program. The family of modular missiles will lead… Continue reading "CAMM “Confirmed” For Polish Ground-Based Air Defense Program"
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to be “transparent” about its military activities on the Russia-Ukraine border, saying that it was important to “prevent escalations and reduce… Continue reading "NATO: Russia Needs To Be Transparent About Military Activities"