Russia plans to keep defense spending at historic highs in 2025, with a proposed budget of 13.2 trillion rubles ($142 billion), according to a draft budget revealed by Bloomberg. Russia’s official 2022 military budget is […]
Slovakia has announced plans to buy six Israeli Barak MX surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, totaling €554 million ($612 million). The Slovakian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the intergovernmental agreement for the purchase should be finalized […]
The Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported, citing sources, that in a bid to resolve the conundrum over Turkey’s acquisition of a Russian S-400 missile defense system, which led to its removal from the F-35 program, the […]
China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its military capabilities. China already has the largest […]
Since launching its widespread airstrikes in Lebanon yesterday morning, the IDF says it has targeted some 400 medium-range rocket launchers, 70 weapon depots, and some 80 drones and cruise missiles. They are among more than […]
Hezbollah fired a surface-to-surface missile at Tel Aviv early Wednesday morning, setting off sirens in the city and surrounding area, the first time that the Lebanese terror group has gotten a rocket close to Israel’s […]
The sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago was authorised by the Ukrainian army’s then-commander-in-chief, the German magazine Spiegel reports. The operation in the Baltic Sea cost nearly $300,000 and was privately […]
The ceremony was attended, among others, by the General Manager of Fincantieri’s Naval Vessels Division, Dario Deste, the Director of the Naval Armaments Directorate – NAVARM, Admiral Chief Inspector Giuseppe Abbamonte, and the CEO of […]
Zelenskyy hopes to hit assets inside Russia to get the upper hand in negotiations but has not succeeded in convincing NATO allies to share the long-range missiles he needs for this. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
Companies in Bosnia are developing drones that could potentially be used by the country’s military, BIRN can reveal, even as Sarajevo buys six discounted Bayraktar drones from Turkey. In early July, Bosnian Defence Minister Zukan […]
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