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SIPRI report: modernization of world nuclear forces continues despite overall decrease in number of warheads
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2019, which assesses the current state o...
Ensuring readiness for strategic support: U.S. Strategic Power Projection
The U.S. Army's ability to fight anywhere and at any time doesn't happen by chance. It is the result of reliable, agile and responsive logistics an...
Experts assess prospects of Russian, US strategic nuclear forces
The Russian-US New START Treaty is likely doomed and will become history in the coming years following the Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty (INF)....
Australia: self-propelled howitzers possibly reconsidered for Land 17 Phase 2 programme
The plan for the acquisition of self-propelled howitzers (SPH) was abandoned for budget reasons, a few more M-777 howitzers being added instead, Ka...
Single automatic control to link Russian air defense
The Russian Ministry of Defense has considerably complicated exams for antiaircraft units since 2019 due to arming regiments with S-300 and S-400 w...
SIPRI launches reports on new external security politics of the Horn of Africa region
SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) has expanded its research on security issues in the Horn of Africa region by launching a n...
New capabilities, rotations to bolster U.S. Army presence in Eastern Europe
Ongoing efforts to cut acquisition timelines will get new capabilities out sooner to counter near-peer threats in Eastern Europe, Army leaders told...
Azerbaijan, NATO, 25 years of partnership
The celebration of the 25th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s partnership with NATO testifies to the country’s achievements, Azerbaijani Defense Minister...
Vice Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff stresses realities of strategic nuclear deterrence
Last week, Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva delivered a keynote speech at a Strategic Deterrent Coalition symposium in Arlington, Virginia: Americans n...
AI, robots and the future of warfare: discussions among Mad Scientists
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and the University of Texas at Austin hosted the Mad Scientist Conference at the university on April 24...
With powerful army and Chinese protection, Wa is de facto independent from Myanmar
Joe Kumbun* reminds in the Irrawaddy, a newspaper from Myanmar (formerly Burma), that he had written, in May 2017, that the United Wa State Army (U...
Vietnamese annual defense budget to reach USD 7.9Bn by 2024
According to a report published by BusinessWire, China's increased naval presence and territorial claims in the disputed waters of South China Sea ...
Russia: modern electronic warfare to comprise 70 percent in 2021
Electronic warfare (EW) is an armed struggle which affects controls, communications, and reconnaissance of the adversary with radio emissions and p...
Russian MoD holds defense hardware delivery day 2019
On April 12, Defense Minister of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a defense hardware delivery day at the National Defe...
New Amphibious Combat Vehicles and new tactics for the USMC
The USMC is getting two new types of Amphibious Combat Vehicles ( a wheeled one, and a tracked one), and a strategy is in development to use them, ...
US Army senior air defender talks future of air, missile defense
The U.S. Army's senior air defender talked about current and future developments in the air and missile defense, or AMD, with senior military leade...
New Russian command system rapidly creates combined forces
Five years ago, the Russian armed forces held a unique military operation in Crimea. Foreign observers focused on the appearance of the engaged Rus...
Syrian experience changes engagement tactic of Russian ground forces
The Syrian combat experience changed the engagement tactic of the Russian Ground Forces. Now, even motorized rifles train to helicopter assault in ...
US Army SHORAD air defense in South Korea integrates counter-UAS in core competencies
Amid the looming threat of surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), 8th Army recently validated the reception, staging, onward movement, and ...
Russia rearms strategic missile forces
The Russian military in six years accepted into service 217 strategic ballistic missiles, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told the State Duma defens...
