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France said Thursday it will suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the country’s second coup in nine months, “awaiting guarantees” that civilians will return to positions of power. The decision comes after Mali’s military strongman Assimi Goita, who led last year’s coup...

According to rumors within French military circles,the Gendarmerie Nationale is eying the CZ Bren 2 in 5.56×45mm NATO to replace the Famas currently in service within the Gendarmerie. A decision could be made within 6 months. While the army has selected the HK416F to replace the Famas the...

The Croatian government has decided to buy 12 used French F3R Rafale fighter jets, Jutarnji list has learned unofficially from well-informed sources. The decision should be made by the Government for Armed Forces Day on the 28th of May. It is a twin-engine fighter plane and, as we find out, the...

At the end of a long press release about the news that Sweden is buying 200 tracked vehicles (BAE Systems/Hagglunds 410) someone hid this little gem about Sweden and Finland collaborating on a service rifle (machine-translated and edited): That’s quite interesting news for the readers of The...

The Polish MoD posted this tweet with the caption "Good news coming soon,stay tuned".

It is reported there was an explosion reportedly at Diyarbakir airbase,people heard explosions (unconfirmed for now) and shots fired. Many police and ambulances were rushing to the scene.

France, Germany and Spain said on Monday they had reached a deal over the next steps of the development of a new fighter jet, Europe's largest defence project at an estimated cost of more than 100 billion euros ($121.4 billion). France in particular has billed the combat jet project -- which...

Ukraine and France have signed agreements worth more than EUR 1.3 billion, including on the supply of electric locomotives, the improvement of water supply in Luhansk region, and the quality of drinking water in Kyiv. "Ukraine and France have signed four framework agreements totaling more...

The French Air Force has just received its 4th A330 MRTT. 2 other aircrafts are planned to be delivered this year bringing the number of aircrafts in service to 6 out of 15 planned.

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA – the French Procurement Agency), in association with MBDA and Nexter, has conducted the first lock-on-before launch (LOBL) firing of a Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) land combat missile from a Jaguar EBRC (Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance et de Combat) 6×6...

Turkey’s air force is becoming obsolete, according to a new Turkish study. “Turkey and the Turkish Air Force’s air warfare capabilities face a serious test over the next 10 to 20 years,” writes Can Kasapoglu, director of the security and defense program at Turkish think tank EDAM, who authored...

The UK on Wednesday evening ordered two Royal Navy patrol vessels to head to the waters around Jersey as ministers scrambled to defuse a post-Brexit row which threatened to result in a blockade of the island. The French government has accused Jersey of unfairly blocking French fishermen from...

According to online media Disclose, France and Egypt signed a contract worth 3.95 billion euros at the end of April. Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, partially confirming information disclosed by the online...

Has anyone here been vaccinated against the coronavirus ? Which vaccine ? Have you felt any secondary effects ?

It’s the first time 5th generation aircraft take part in BAP mission. On Apr. 30, 2021, four Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II jets landed at Amari Air Base, Estonia, to take over the NATO’s BAP (Baltic Air Policing) mission. It’s the first time the Italian stealth jets deploy to Estonia...

Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expressed her great satisfaction after the success, on April 28, 2021, of the test firing of an M51 strategic ballistic missile, carried out by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) since the Landes site of DGA Missile Tests. The Minister sends...

Immediately after the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu clashed Thursday during an unusually frank and heated press conference in Ankara. Turkey is challenging for the first time; the Greek-Egyptian EEZ and sent a Turkish frigate into the area...

The defeat would have been even more bitter than the lightning invasion of 1939 by Germany, if the military deployment had not been a simple exercise, intended to test the capacity of the Polish army to resist external aggression of the Russia. The operation, simulated along the eastern border...

DUBAI, April 13 (Reuters) - A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was targeted near Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates, Unews news agency said on Twitter on Tuesday. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel or the UAE from the agency, which has previously reported news on...