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NATO new JSEC Headquarters to create secure and functional rear area
The Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) achieved initial operational capability on 17 September 2019. An important part of NATO’s increased d...
U.S. Army Chief of Staff: strength, innovation essential to National Defense Strategy
The National Defense Strategy describes how the Defense Department will be postured to be successful in the great power competition with Russia and...
U.S. and Japan reinforce defense links
On January 14, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper hosted Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono at the Pentagon, where they reaffirmed the streng...
NATO nations cannot be complacent, U.S. Gen. Milley says
NATO nations cannot afford to become complacent, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a break in his first alliance Military ...
Today's Army is more than tanks and Bradleys, U.S. Army Secretary says
The United States must maintain overmatch — be stronger, better armed, or more skillful than its adversaries, the Army secretary said at the Brooki...
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...