According to a draft document obtained by Japanese media outlet Kyodo News, Japan may be deliberating major increases to the presence of JSDF missile defense units deployed in the Nansei… Continue reading "Japan May Triple Missile Defense Forces Around Okinawa and Double Okinawa-based Infantry Forces"
Norway has signed a contract with Polish defense company Mesko SA to procure Poland’s Piorun man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS). Forsvarsmateriell, the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency announced on the 29… Continue reading "Norway Procures Polish PIORUN MANPADS"
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has ruled out the possibility of transferring weapons systems to Ukraine in response to renewed requests from Kyiv, saying that Jerusalem could instead supply an… Continue reading "Israeli Defense Minister: No Weapons Sales To Ukraine, But Early Warning System Possible"
Last week, Russia intensified its indiscriminate missile attacks against civilian targets in Ukraine. These were justified as retribution for the attack on the Kerch bridge which Russia described as a… Continue reading "Air Defense Is the Next Focus of Military Aid to Ukraine"
On 5 October, the US activated the 52nd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade at Sembach Kaserne, Germany. Under the command of Army Colonel Bruce Bredlow, the brigade headquarters will be… Continue reading "New US Air Defense Brigade Activated in Europe"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover Indonesia Rafale Contract, the Space Force’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (3-7 October)"
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that the U.S. Department of State has approved the sale of approximately $3 billion worth of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS),… Continue reading "US State Department Approves A Potential $3 Billion Sale Of NASAMS and MRADS for Kuwait"
On 12 September, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid visited Berlin where he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a press conference during which Lapid revealed that Germany and Israel were… Continue reading "Germany Planning to Purchase Israeli Arrow 3 Air Defense System"
On May 19, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Gleb Nikitin, the Governor of Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. During the meeting, they discussed a variety of issues concerning the two… Continue reading "Belarus Purchases S-400 Systems And Iskander Missiles From Russia"
On April 14, the Israeli Ministry of Defense reported that the Iron Beam laser air defense system developed by Elbit Systems and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems had been successfully tested.… Continue reading "Israel Successfully Tests Iron Beam Laser Air Defense System"