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France's defence minister has cancelled talks with her UK counterpart amid the row prompted by a new security deal between Britain, the US and Australia. Paris is angry after Australia signed the Aukus pact to build nuclear-powered submarines, pulling out of a major contract with France in the...

HMS Tamar and HMS_Spey - complete with dazzle camouflage - will deploy across a vast area, from the eastern shores of Africa to the west coast of the USA. Royal Navy picture. The long-term deployment of two of the Royal Navy’s Batch 2 River Class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the...

Japan, Vietnam sign defense deal as China worries loom BY ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO DEFENSE SEP 12, 2021 1:11 PM GMT+3 Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang, center left, and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, center right, stand for photo with their officials after signing an agreement...

system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in the past few weeks despite the persistent threat of air attacks launched by Houthi rebels from neighboring Yemen, satellite images showed. The redeployment of the defenses from Prince Sultan Air Base outside of Riyadh came as America's Gulf Arab...

Philippines vows to ignore China maritime law, seeks US help Philippine defence chief visits Washington, DC to press for a comprehensive review of mutual defence treaty, lobby for advance military equipment. 10 Sep 2021 Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has promised that Manila...

PN Landing Dock acquisition has been going on for a while and was halted due to Covid-19, from the link below you can see it goes back a few years. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1106964 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1072824 Further progress has been made in the process and it seems that...

Typhoon remotely operated weapon system Israeli firm Rafael announced today that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $80 million to supply a naval warfare systems suite for Shaldag Mk V Fast Attack Crafts by Israel Shipyards, to an undisclosed country in Southeast Asia. The name...

The Philippine Navy ordered a class of two Jose Rizal-class multi-mission capable frigates from South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), under the Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP), which is aimed at protecting the country’s territorial waters. Project Type...

BY KENAN KIRAN SHUSHA DIPLOMACY SEP 02, 2021 10:32 AM GMT+3 A view from Shusha, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2, 2021. (Sabah Photo) After nearly three decades of Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan's city of Shusha – once known as the Pearl of Karabakh – is ready to welcome back its former residents as the...

Ethiopia: The fate of Oromia under Abiy’s Prosperity Party Posted on Monday, 30 August 2021 11:55 In this Wednesday, June 16, 2021 file photo, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a final campaign rally at a stadium in the town of Jimma in the southwestern Oromia Region of Ethiopia...

List of Sub-Saharan African Countries Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Democratic Republic) Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau...

The new USV designed by JMU for the FFM frigates. Picture by Sakadaru New USV For Japan’s Mogami-Class FFM Frigate Breaks Cover Images taken by local photographers show that Japan started testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) currently under development for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense...

Vietnam's request for third ex-USCG cutter receives support of Biden administration by Ridzwan Rahmat The Vietnam Coast Guard's (Canh Sát Bien Viet Nam: CSBV's) request for a third ex-Hamilton-class, high-endurance cutter has received the endorsement of the Biden administration. The news was...

According to the statement made by the Chinese Ministry of Defense, the delivery of the ZTQ-15 (aka VT-5) light tank to the Chinese navy continues. The Marine Corps currently uses the ZTD-05A and ZBD-05 amphibious combat vehicles. According to defense industry researchers in China, the newly...

Ukrainian company NVO Practika signed two important export contracts for 2021 with Saudi Arabia, including the delivery of Kozak-5 4×4 armored vehicles. According to the news of the Ukrainian defense magazine Defense Express, the company delivered 60 Kozak-5 4×4 armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia...

Armor back from Germany Last night, 12 of the Jutland Dragon Regiment's infantry combat vehicles crossed the border between Germany and Denmark. Together with 120 soldiers, they have trained intensively in the American training ground Grafenwöhr, in the southeastern part of Germany. August 24...

F-16 demonstration flight 'solo display' During the next month's time, the Air Force will train demonstration flying with F-16 fighter jets. Here you can read when it takes place and get a better idea of why the pilots train demonstration flying. August 17, 2021 - Kl. 09.28 F-16 fighter jets...

Manila selects torpedo, countermeasures suppliers for PN's José Rizal-class frigates by Gabriel Dominguez & Dae Young Kim & Matteo Scarano The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed on 10 August that it has selected suppliers for the torpedo and countermeasure systems meant...

Stingray refuels Advanced Hawkeye in latest aerial trials by Gareth Jennings The Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle has passed fuel to a Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye receiver aircraft for the first time, it was announced on 19 August. A company-owned Boeing MQ-25A...

South African Force Intervention Brigade Commander tour ahead of handover Written by defenceWeb - 19th Aug 2021 Brigadier General Monwabisi Dyakopu in the DRC. The Commander of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South African National...