Hyundai Rotem, manufacturer of the K2 main battle tank, and Hanwha Defense, manufacturer of the K9 self-propelled howitzer, rolled out their first batches of vehicles destined for Poland in separate… Continue reading "First K2 Tanks And K9 Howitzers Destined For Poland Roll Out"
The Australian government has launched an investigation into claims that former Australian Defence Forces pilots may have been targeted by Chinese recruitment efforts that have reportedly recruited around 30 ex-military… Continue reading "Australia Launches Investigation Into Ex-Defence Forces Pilots Possibly Training Chinese Forces"
Official British government sources revealed that China may have recruited as many as 30 former military pilots from the United Kingdom to help instruct flyers of the People’s Liberation Army… Continue reading "UK Government Responds to Reports of Former British Pilots Training Chinese Pilots"
On 13 Octoberh, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles met with Prime Minister James Marape of Paupua New Guinea (PNG) in Port Moresby in order to discuss the future of defense… Continue reading "Australia and Papua New Guinea Working on Bilateral Security Treaty"
News on the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ intent to participate in exercises in Japan as well as the deployment of the U.S. Army’s new Multi-Domain Task Force to joint… Continue reading "AUSA 2022: Philippines to Enhance Military Cooperation with US, Japan in 2023 via Exercises"
On 13 October, the US finally unveiled the long-awaited unclassified 2022 National Security Strategy. The document does a much better job at defining priorities than many of its predecessors; the… Continue reading "US Releases 2022 National Security Strategy"
On 11 October, following talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and their Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly, Ottawa and Tokyo announced a new “Japan-Canada Action Plan” aimed at realizing the… Continue reading "Canada and Japan Discussing Intelligence Sharing Agreement"
The White House has released the United States’ new “National Strategy for the Arctic Region”. This is the first time a national arctic strategy has been released since 2013. Its… Continue reading "US Launches New National Arctic Strategy"
TAI’s ANKA-S unmanned aerial vehicle won the international tender opened by the Malaysian Ministry of Defense in 2020 for the supply of Medium Altitude-Long Endurance (MALE) class unmanned aerial vehicles… Continue reading "Malaysia Signs Contract with TAI for 3 ANKA Drones"
On 10 October, a five day long “Indestructible Brotherhood 2022” CTSO military exercise involving Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and a number of observers were scheduled… Continue reading "Kyrgyzstan Cancels Drills with Russia At the Last Moment"