DEFENCE

If NATO cannot mount a serious response to Russia, experts warn its future will be in doubt

Moscow's demand that Ukraine related sanctions would not damage its trade with Iran is blocking a new nuclear deal

Thousands of Arab volunteers are preparing to rush to Ukraine to fight alongside the Russians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that he wants to allow volunteers to fight against Ukrainian forces and approved the delivery of seized Western missile systems to Russian-backed fighters. As Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said, there are about 16,000 […]

North Korea recently used what would be its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile system in two secretive launches

Officials expect Russian invasion of Ukraine to have an inflationary impact on food, oil and shipping costs

The ground shook more than a mile away when a series of blasts slammed into the Mariupol complex

The transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine "may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in Russian escalation with NATO...producing a high risk scenario," Gen. Wolters said, so his command "has no plans to facilitate an indirect, or third party transfer of Polish aircraft."

DUBAI: Kuwait has appointed Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as minister of interior and Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as minister of defence, the state news agency said on Wednesday. They were both appointed as deputies to the prime minister, the statement said.

RIYADH: American defense firm Lockheed Martin looks to deepen its defense ties beyond regular military systems to space technology with Saudi Arabia as part of the Kingdom’s ambitious space mission under Vision 2030.   The Washington-headquartered company, which has a separate division for space besides aerospace, arms, and information security, is the only US firm to […]

A Boeing executive said the Saudis have successful used their F-15SA to “kill” cruise missiles fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, a missile defense capability that the Kingdom needs.