While the Russian army continues to advance in Ukraine on the fifth day of its invasion, new footage from the region continues to emerge. On 27 February, the Ukrainian Armed… Continue reading "Ukraine Releases First Videos of Successful Bayraktar TB2 Drone Strikes Against Russian Forces"
Ukraine faced its fourth night of bambardments with attacks on Kharkiv intensifying. Last night, in a significant move, it was confirmed European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada,… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 4)"
At around 4AM local time the Russian Federation began offensive operations against Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin made an apparently pre-recorded ’emergency address’ and announced a ‘special military operation’. A series… Continue reading "UPDATES: Russia Begins Offensive Operations Against Ukraine"
Welcome to the Weekend Briefing, where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defence news and comment. We are closing out this month with stories gathered by our… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (25-29 October)"
According to a ministry statement posted on Facebook, “The Naval Forces of Ukraine have received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle system. We’re running the final approval tests at… Continue reading "Baykar Defense Delivers The First Bayraktar TB2 UCAV’s to the Ukrainian Navy"
In an interview with Welt am Sonntag, Armin Laschet, the CDU/CSU’s (Germany’s centre-right Christian-democratic political alliance) chosen successor to Angela Merkel, called for Germany to meet the 2% GDP guideline… Continue reading "Merkel’s Successor Calls for 2% GDP Defense Spending"
Following the NATO Summit in Belgium, Turkey’s President Erdoğan traveled to Azerbaijan. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev greeted Erdoğan in Fuzuli and afterwards the two leaders then traveled together to… Continue reading "Erdogan And Aliyev Sign The Shusha Declaration In Azerbaijan"
A busy week saw us, here at Overt Defense, covering interesting news from all over the World. WeekeThis week we examined a number of equipment transfers including JF-17 fighters to… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (24-28 May)"
The recent purchase of Turkish TB-2 drones announced by the Polish Ministry of Defense came as a surprise to some observers of Poland’s domestic military affairs. It comes as the… Continue reading "Polish Defense Policy Shift Towards Turkey?"
On 26 January, 2007, Turkey signed a joint agreement to join the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSF). Turkey, which at first committed to buying 100 F-35A’s, started to work… Continue reading "Turkey’s TCG Anadolu L-400 to be Integrated With TB-3 Bayraktar UCAV’s"