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DefenceTalkThe White House vowed Monday to respond decisively to an attack in Jordan it blames on Iran-backed militants, in which a drone slammed into a military base and killed three Americans while troops were in their beds. The casualties — th…
DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his party to “accelerate” war preparations including its nuclear program, state media said Thursday. The comments came just a week after Kim warned Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nu…
DefenceTalkRussia President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that peace was possible with Ukraine only after Moscow achieved its goals in the nearly two-year conflict. “There will be peace when we achieve our goals. They are not changing. I will r…
DefenceTalkThe Philippines said it had summoned China’s envoy on Monday and flagged the possibility of expelling him following the most tense confrontations between the countries’ vessels in years at flashpoint reefs in the disputed South C…
DefenceTalk35mm ammunition for Gepard anti-aircraft tank shipped to Ukraine 300,000 rounds ordered; production now relocated to Germany Elaborate postdevelopment process New production facility in Unterluss to provide a secure supply of ammunition for …
DefenceTalkChina’s premier said on Wednesday major powers must oppose a new Cold War, a thinly veiled reference to Washington as top Asian and US officials gathered for talks in Indonesia. Beijing has expressed concern about US-backed blocs formi…
DefenceTalkRussia will regard Western F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine as a “nuclear” threat because of their capacity to carry atomic weapons, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. Modern warplanes have been at the forefront of…
DefenceTalkFrance’s announcement on Tuesday that it would send SCALP long-range missiles to Ukraine comes months after Britain began delivering its identical Storm Shadow. Developed jointly by the two NATO allies, Storm Shadow/SCALP is a 1,300-ki…
DefenceTalkGermany, Ukraine’s second biggest supplier of arms to resist the Russian invasion, pledged another 700 million euros ($771 million) in military assistance to Kyiv on Tuesday at a pivotal NATO summit. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius sa…
DefenceTalkChina sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on Friday and insisted the island remains “an inseparable part of China”, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy….