As another news-packed week passes, we have plenty of work to do, covering a range of interesting subjects. This week Lebanon suffered brutal clashes in Beirut, Iran tested its new… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (11-15 October)"
The Polish Border Guard reported that members of the Polish Armed Forces were fired upon from the other side of the border on the October 7. The shorts were supposedly… Continue reading "Shots Fired On Polish-Belarus Border As Illegal Intrusions Rise To Historically High Levels"
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)"
Air Marshal Kevin Short, New Zealand’s Chief of Defence, visited Dublin over the weekend where he met Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces Lieutenant General Seán Clancy. During the… Continue reading "Kiwi CDF Visits Ireland as Discussion Around Ship Sale Heats Up"
On 27 September, Turkmenistan held a military parade in Kopet Dag, the border area between Turkmenistan and Iran in the southern portion of the capital Ashgabat, to commemorate the 30th… Continue reading "Bayraktar TB2 UAVs Join The Inventory Of The Turkmenistan Army"
According to a post on the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Facebook page, strategic command and personnel exercises ‘Joint Efforts – 2021‘, with the participation of 15 countries, began on 22… Continue reading "The Strategic Command and Staff Training “Joint Efforts – 2021” Exercise Starts in Ukraine"
Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service accused Belarusian border guards of illegally crossing the border between Lithuania and Belarus on Tuesday, during an attempt to drive a group of 35 Iraqi… Continue reading "Lithuania Accuses Belarus Border Guards Of Illegal Border Crossing"
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 (2-6 August)"
The long story of Poland’s Leopard 2 modernization is not complete yet. Although the initial issues over intellectual property, that put the entire project to a halt, have been solved,… Continue reading "Bumar May Not Meet Leopard 2PL Delivery Schedule"
The U.S. Army engaged two targets in a developmental test for its latest Battle Management system, the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). According to a press… Continue reading "US Army Conducts 8th IBCS Intercept with F-35 Integration"