DEFENCE

Egypt wants to acquire the South Korean K9 Thunder gun

Egypt wants to acquire the South Korean K9 Thunder gun

During the “EDEX 2021” international exhibition, South Korean Hanwha revealed that Egypt has shown interest in supplying the 155mm K9 Thunder self-propelled guns and the K10 refuelling vehicles that accompany them. The South Korean company did not disclose further details, but South Korea‘s Yonhap news website wrote that the deal will include co-production and technology […]

Arab coalition carries out air strikes on military targets in Sanaa, Saada

Arab coalition carries out air strikes on military targets in Sanaa, Saada

The Arab coalition on Thursday carried out air strikes on military targets in Yemen’s Sanaa and Saada, Al-Arabiya TV reported. It further called on civilians not to approach the targeted sites. The coalition said the operation in Sanaa targeted one of the main stores of weapons and other supplies. “In east of Sanaa, we destroyed […]

Croatia Buys Second-Hand Rafales From France To Replace MiG-21s

Croatia Buys Second-Hand Rafales From France To Replace MiG-21s

The signing of the contract follows the selection of Rafale earlier this year, after a first acquisition of second-hand F-16s failed in 2019. Croatia signed a government-to-government deal with France, worth 999 million euros, for the acquisition of 12 second-hand Dassault Rafale during a ceremony in Zagreb on Nov. 25, 2021. The ceremony was attended […]

Pentagon plans stronger US posture toward China, Russia

Pentagon plans stronger US posture toward China, Russia

The US military will re-inforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia, while maintaining forces in the Middle East adequate to deter Iran and jihadist groups, the Pentagon said Monday, referencing results of a review. The US Defense Department will be upgrading and expanding military facilities in Guam and Australia, underscoring its focus on […]

Arab coalition targets Iran Revolutionary Guard experts in Sanaa

Arab coalition targets Iran Revolutionary Guard experts in Sanaa

The Arab coalition struck Iranian Revolutionary Guard experts in Yemen’s capital, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The coalition asked civilians in Sanaa not to gather near the targeted sites. The operation complies with international humanitarian law and its customary rules, the coalition said. The coalition has hit a number of sites in the capital in […]

Egypt and Saudi Arabia hold talks on possible exchange of military experience, technology

Egypt and Saudi Arabia hold talks on possible exchange of military experience, technology

Egyptian Minister of Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi and the president of the Saudi General Organization for Military Industries Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Mady held talks on the possibility of exchanging experiences and manufacturing technology. They met on the sidelines of the Saudi delegation’s visit to Egypt to participate in the Second International Defense Expo, which […]

Iran drones flyed over Saudi Arabia through Bahrain, says Israel diplomat

Iran drones flyed over Saudi Arabia through Bahrain, says Israel diplomat

Iranian drones targeting Saudi Arabia fly over Bahraini airspace, the Israeli envoy to Manama said yesterday. Itay Tagner told the US’ Axios that Iran had opened a “front against us in Syria and Lebanon, but now when they look across the Gulf, they see us there with our allies very close to them.” “Since the […]

UAE supplying Ethiopia with military support news reports claim

UAE supplying Ethiopia with military support news reports claim

Satellite images appear to show the UAE has opened an air bridge to provide the Ethiopian government military support in its fight against oppositionists in Tigray, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. More than 90 flights were found to have travelled between the Emirates and Ethiopia between September and November this year, the news channel said. Exact […]

Parliament speaker: Israel DM’s visit to Morocco ‘targets Algeria’

Parliament speaker: Israel DM’s visit to Morocco ‘targets Algeria’

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s to Morocco, and the signing of military agreements “targets Algeria”, local media outlets reported Speaker of the Algerian Council of the Nation (Upper House), Saleh Goudjil, said yesterday. “The enemies are recruiting more and more to obstruct Algeria’s path, and today matters have become clear when we see the defence […]