Thinking Global Podcast – The Laid-Back Book Club (Ep.3)
The E-International Relations podcast team discuss what they have been reading recently as part of ‘The Laid-Back Book Club’ series.
Day: February 19, 2024
Football, ice hockey … shooting? Finland hopes hobby will boost national defence
Nato’s newest member, which shares 830-mile border with Russia, plans to open hundreds of new shooting rangesFinland plans to open more than 300 new shooting ranges to encourage more citizens to take up the hobby in the interest of national defence.It …
Singapore sets USD15 billion defence budget for 2024
Singapore has announced a defence budget of SGD20.25 billion (USD15 billion) for 2024. The new expenditure, announced on 16 February, is a 13% increase over the original…
Singapore Airshow 2024: ST Engineering unveils Terrex s5
Singapore defence prime ST Engineering has launched the latest iteration in its Terrex 8×8 line of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
Singapore scrambles F-16s to investigate ‘aircraft of interest’
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) scrambled two of its F-16s on 12 February after the service detected an “aircraft of interest”, the country’s Ministry of…
CNO charts schedule for hybrid manned/unmanned fleet
The US Navy’s (USN’s) most senior uniformed officer has outlined her planned timeline to transition the surface navy to a new hybrid force structure mixing manned and…
RNLA’s first GM200 MM/C radar demonstrated during live firings
The first Ground Master 200 Multi Mission/Compact (GM200 MM/C) radar handed over to the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) by Thales in Hengelo on 14 February was…
Team planning to rebuild outside of King Menkaure’s pyramid in Egypt told “it’s an impossible project” – CBS News
Team planning to rebuild outside of King Menkaure’s pyramid in Egypt told “it’s an impossible project” CBS NewsEgyptian officials cancel plan to renovate ancient pyramid over concerns: ‘The pyramids of Giza are safe’ Fox NewsEgypt…
Experts reject “impossible project” to rebuild exterior of a pyramid
An expert committee commissioned to review a contentious plan to reconstruct the outside of Giza’s smallest pyramid says “there is no way” it can happen.
We told you so: Repeated warnings Houthis would attack shipping ignored, says Yemen
Aden-based leadership says the Houthis honed their tactics in attacks on Saudi-linked targets during civil war