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Russian air defense trains new tactic to fight cruise missiles, drones
Air defense units will begin to train a new tactic to repel massive cruise missile and drone strikes. It was tested in the autumn of 2019 at Combat...
Analysis: Russian 2019 Defense budget reached USD48 billion
Russia’s 2019 defense budget reached USD48 billion. Russia is reported to be at the 8th position in the Top 10 list of the countries with the large...
NATO addresses Middle East tensions
NATO Ambassadors met on Monday (6 January 2020) to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq.
Esper, Milley commemorate Battle of the Bulge 75th anniversary
Military and civilian dignitaries from Europe and the United States were in Belgium on Sunday 15 and Monday 16 December to mark the anniversary of ...
European Defense expenditure up but spending in key areas falling short
On 16 December, the European Defence Agency published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2018, detailing spending by the 27 EDA Member Sta...
South Korean Defense budget to increase by 7.4 percent
South Korea and North Korea increase the size and accelerate the pace of modernization of their arsenals in the framework of rising tensions betwee...
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Milley details U.S. operations in the Middle East
The Middle East remains a challenge to U.S. national security interests, as terrorist groups thrive on the region's instability as they try to expo...
Global arms industry rankings: sales up 4.6 percent worldwide and US companies dominate the Top 5
Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 100 companies (excluding those in China) totalled $420 billion in 2018, marking an incr...
Analysis: The Russian State Armament Programme 2018 – 2027
Even if the report used for the following analysis is more than one year old, its content makes it a remarkable instrument to understand the Russia...
Notes on designing the U.S. Marine Corps of the future
“The Marine Corps is not optimized to meet the bold demands of the National Defense Strategy”, Gen. David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps...
No plans to leave Iraq, U.S. Defense official says
The U.S. military presence in Iraq is predicated on permission to be there from the Iraqi government, and U.S. forces will remain so long as the Ir...
Chinese Defense budget increases 850 percent over 20 years
China’s defense budget has grown 850 % in the last 20 years, from USD 20 billion to USD 170 billion in 2018, a top Pentagon official told lawmakers...
NATO Secretary General: as the world changes, NATO will continue to change
The NATO leaders’ meeting marking the 70th anniversary of the Alliance wrapped up in London on Wednesday (4 December 2019). After the working sessi...
Russian president Putin holds third meeting on military build
Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired the third meeting on the development of the armed forces. "The effectiveness of the Navy and the armed for...
Analysis: US Forces reset in Syria, ISIS struggles to re-form
U.S. forces are reset and repostured in Eastern Syria and have restarted operations with the Syrian Democratic Forces aimed at defeating ISIS, Army...
Analysis: German Defense budget 2020 on the rise
On Friday, Nov.29, the German parliament (Bundestag) passed its budget for 2020. At the heart of the budget presented by finance minister Olaf Scho...
Russian air defense: Pantsir, Tor to train fire in motion
Pantsir and Tor antiaircraft guns have to down cruise missiles, aircraft and drones. Formally, they need a brief stopover to fire. However, Syrian ...
Russia will not deploy intermediate missiles in Europe before Americans
Russia is creating intermediate-range missiles, but will not deploy them unless similar US weapons appear in Europe, Russian Deputy Foreign Ministe...
Analysis: interest in military ground robots is growing
Robotization of ground forces has been of interest for the military of the world since the early last century. The development of technologies allo...
Analysis: Russian air defense focusing on drone threats
In an interview on the Ekho Moskvy radio station on November 10, 2019, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Lt. Gen. Yuri...
