DEFENCE

UN Security Council to be briefed on Tuesday.

iXblue has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.

DUBAI: US forces carried out on Monday at dawn a “large airborne operation” near Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, Syrian state news agency SANA said. The American forces landed in the town of Busayra, east of Deir al-Zor, and “kidnapped a number of civilians,” it said. There was no independent confirmation of the report. The […]

Western Sahara, 80% of which is controlled by Morocco, has extensive phosphate reserves and rich fishing grounds in the Atlantic. Algeria has long hosted and supported the Polisario Front, which seeks full independence for the territory and has called for a self-determination referendum under UN supervision, as provided for in a 1991 ceasefire agreement. Morocco […]

According to a statement by the official spokesman of China‘s Foreign Ministry, talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled for December 15. The talks will be held in the form of a video call, TASS reports. “On December 15, President Xi Jinping of the People‘s Republic of China will […]

Kalekalıp Business Development Director Türker Özcihan said the KMG 556 is Turkey‘s first 5. 56mm machine gun for which certification has been completed, he said: “It was developed by Kalekalıp engineers with fully in-house facilities. While doing this, we are not copying a reverse-engineered product, but creating our own specifications. It‘s a product of our […]

Both USNI News and TheWarzone reported that the damaged U.S. Navy’s nuclear- powered attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) arrived at San Diego, California, on Sunday, December 12, 2021, after a surface transit of 6,182 miles (9,950 kilometers or 5,372 nautical miles) from Guam. Based on pictures by famous ship spotter Twitter account WarshipCam, the […]

Congress plans to disapprove the US Army‘s request for two additional Iron Dome anti-aircraft missile systems. The US Army has already procured two systems as an interim solution until a US system is developed. According to the draft defence budget for 2022, the costs for the procurement of the two additional Iron Dome systems will […]

The trials of the Zirkon shipborne hypersonic missile system are successfully nearing their completion, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says G7 is united amid concerns over a potential Russian incursion into Ukraine.