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US Department of Defense fiscal budget for 2023 roughly an 8.1 percent increase over fiscal year 2022
President Joe Biden's $773 billion the fiscal year 2023 Defense Budget Request funds the department for today's security environment and positions ...
ASD welcomes EU Strategic Compass for Security and Defence
On March 21, the Council of the European Union formally approved the document “A Strategic Compass for Security and Defence: For a European Union t...
Russian military activities in Ukraine conducted 'in silos'
C. Todd Lopez reports on the U.S. Department of Defense's website that it has been nearly a month since Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, and Russi...
Incubation Forum for Circular Economy in European Defence workshop looks at EU dependency on critical raw materials for defence
Some 90 experts from across Europe met on 15 March for a workshop organised under the European Defence Agency-managed Incubation Forum for Circular...
Slovakian Defense Minister says military spending at 2 percent should be base but not target
C. Todd Lopez reports on U.S. Department of Defense’s website that, among NATO partners, an expenditure of 2% of the gross domestic product may no ...
NATO Defense ministers urge changes to Alliance collective defense
As reported by Jim Garamone on NATO’s website, Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine has changed the security environment, and the North Atlantic A...
Estonia claims need for permanent air defenses
According to Helen Wright in ERR.ee, an understanding that NATO's eastern flank needs to be strengthened is gaining support among NATO allies, the ...
Russian President Putin clearing deployment of Syrian mercenaries in Ukraine
The Kremlin on Friday, March 11, said it is in favor of the deployment of Syrian fighters in Ukraine, a response, according to Moscow, to the deliv...
Ukrainian resistance and logistics nightmares plague Russian invaders
On March 1, 2022, Jim Garamone published on U.S. DoD's website that Russian troops invading Ukraine have made some progress in the southern part of...
US Secretary of Defense Austin orders 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team to Europe
Jim Garamone, DOD News, reports that U.S. President Joe Biden has directed that 7,000 U.S. service members be deployed to Germany to enhance deterr...
Russian Strategic Forces reportedly on high alert as fighting in Ukraine intensifies
On Sunday, February 27, David Vergun published on the U.S Department of Defense’s website that U.S. officials don't doubt reports that Russian...
US President Biden shifts US troops in Europe to defend frontline NATO States
In a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Defense on February 23, Jim Garamone writes that President Joe Biden ordered U.S. troops already ba...
Russia tests strategic deterrence at ground, air and naval exercises
Russia test-fired ballistic and cruise missiles at a strategic deterrence exercise on February 19. Supreme Commander-in-Chief President Vladimir Pu...
German army Fennec reconnaissance vehicle in the Sahel
Agile and small, Fennec is made for the steppes of Mali, Gerrit Hohmann and Georg Schiller report in the Bundeswehr website. The first goal assigne...
British troops and equipment on the way to bolster NATO in Estonia
The British Army on its website reports that a convoy of British troops and armoured vehicles of the Royal Welsh Battlegroup are heading to Estonia...
Germany willing to drasically increase military spending to resist Russia
According to Johannes Stern in World Socialist Web Site, Germany is playing an ever-greater role in NATO’s aggressive buildup against Russia, incre...
New Iskander missile brigade to be created in Russian Eastern military district
The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) plans to create a new brigade to deploy Iskander-M missile systems within the Eastern military district. These c...
European Defence Agency questions about future military scenarios as evolution or revolution
Throughout 2021, the European Defence Agency (EDA) held a Technology Foresight Exercise the results of which will help identify and define the main...
Italian army to possibly join European MGCS Main Ground Combat System programme
As explained by CEPA, greater European independence on defense and security — at least from France and at least in theory. In practice, this means ...
Analysis: Ukraine details Russian military forces deployment at Ukrainian borders
According to a document issued by Vasyl Korotkyi, of Ukrinform, Ukrainian and American experts, as well as the Main Intelligence Directorate of the...
