On June 11, the Estonian Ministry of Defense announced a new military aid package for Ukraine to meet urgent air defense needs in the face of ongoing Russian aggression. According… Continue reading "Estonia To Provide An Unspecified Number of Mistral MANPADS to Ukraine"
The Luxembourg Ministry of Defense has announced that it will contribute 5 million Euros to the Artillery Coalition, which was launched by the United States and France in January to… Continue reading "Luxembourg To Finance The Purchase of a CAESAR Self-Propelled Howitzer for Ukraine"
When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by the US Delta Force in Syria in October 2019, the fall of the Islamic State seemed imminent. Without a leader figure, the organization’s… Continue reading "IS-K – An Overlooked Threat?"
On May 24, the German Ministry of Defense (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung) announced on its X account that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had received the additional IRIS-T air defense system that… Continue reading "Germany Delivers Another IRIS-T Air Defense System To Ukraine"
This month, the German frigate Baden-Wuerttemberg set sail from the Spanish port of Rota for the Indo-Pacific. Separately, the combat support ship Frankfurt am Main departed from Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The… Continue reading "Two German Warships Set Sail for Pacific"
On May 9, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited Washington to meet with his counterpart at the Pentagon, Lloyd J. Austin, and announced plans to purchase three M142 HIMARS (High… Continue reading "Germany To Purchase Three M142 HIMARS Systems From US Stocks For Ukraine"
Milrem Robotics, a leading European developer of robotics and autonomous systems majority-owned by UAE-based EDGE Group, announced on April 16 that it has signed a contract to provide three THeMIS… Continue reading "Japan To Procure Three THeMIS Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) From Milrem Robotics"
On April 13th, twelve days after Israel’s attack on its Syrian consulate, Iran launched a retaliatory strike against Israel Israeli officials report that Iran launched a total of over 300… Continue reading "As the Fallout From Iran’s Attack Settles, Israel Weighs Its Response"
Iran has launched a drone attack on Israel, according to a briefing from White House’s National Security Council. President Biden returned to the White House as Israel’s air defenses went… Continue reading "Iran Launches Major Drone & Missile Attack on Israel"
According to reporting by Bloomberg, as a part of Germany’s progressing overhaul of its armed forces, the country’s ruling coalition will soon announce a proposal for new orders for two… Continue reading "Germany to Commit up To €7 Billion on Purchasing New Ships and Armored Vehicles"