The United States Department of Defense announced on Friday that the US State Department approved a possible military sale of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.19 billion to the Netherlands.The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
Latvian lawmakers voted Wednesday to exit the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, citing rising security threats linked to Russia's war in Ukraine."Withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention will give our armed forces room for manoeuvre in the event of a military threat to use all possible...
Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias told reporters on Monday that his country had finalized an agreement to acquire 16 Exocet anti-ship missiles from France. The deal was signed during the official visit of French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu to Athens.The exact value of the...
India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the country's largest-ever fighter jet deal, clearing 630 billion rupees (around $7 billion) for 26 Rafale fighter jets, the ANI news agency reported on Wednesday, citing government sources.The deal is said to include 22 single-seater and four...
Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Tuesday that United States troops will remain in Poland."The previous tasks of US troops in Jasionka are being taken over by successive allies. US troops remain in Poland, but in different locations. Now, the mission in Jasionka involves mainly...
The Philippine defense department announced on Tuesday, the arrival of the BRP Miguel Malvar, the first of two advanced corvette-class warships, part of a 2021 deal with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries.The 3,200-ton vessel enhances the country's naval capabilities amid rising tensions with...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Caspar Veldkamp (pictured right) and Foreign Trade and Development Minister Reinette Klever (left) sent a letter on Monday to the Dutch parliament announcing stricter controls on all military and dual-use exports to Israel.Under the new measures, all direct exports...
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that his government will increase its defense spending from 1% of the GDP to over 2% in the next ten years, while investing 9 billion New Zealand dollars ($5 billion) into missiles, cyber security and drones."Global tensions are increasing...
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported that 76 Chinese military aircraft and 15 naval vessels were detected near the island between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, with 37 aircraft breaching the Taiwan Strait median line.The incursion is part of ongoing drills conducted by the People's...
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (pictured) said on Tuesday that his country is preparing to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, made in 1997 to eliminate the use of anti-personnel landmines."Finland and Europe need to evaluate all measures to strengthen our deterrence and defense...
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