Defense Industry
Global Arms Exports Rising Despite Global Coronavirus Pandemic
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Europe
EU Slaps Sanctions On Russia’s Wagner Group
The EU Council today adopted a set of restrictive measures against the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity. The measures target the Wagner group itself, and eight individuals and three entities connected to it. The Wagner Group has […]
South Asia
India’s New Defense Pact with Russia Detrimental to Quad Alliance
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brief but important visit to India is being watched by the world. Putin, who has not travelled much outside Russia during the pandemic, is making the trip to Delhi, at a […]
Infantry Weapons
India Receives First Batch Of S-400 Triumf
Russia has started supplying the S-400 Triumf air defense systems to India, the first unit of which will be deployed near the western front. The announcement was made by the Director of Russian Federal Service […]
Europe
Turkey Wants to Revive SAMP-T Partnership With Italy and France, Erdogan
Turkey would take “positive steps” with France and Italy on the SAMP-T missile defense system developed by the Franco-Italian EUROSAM consortium, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday. Ankara, which has incurred U.S. sanctions over its […]
Europe
U.S. Lawmakers Urges Biden Administration Not to Sale F-16V to Turkey
Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers urged President Joe Biden’s administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and said they were confident Congress would block any such exports, reported Reuters citing sources in U.S. […]
Air Platform
U.S. offers F-16V to compensate $1.4 billion of Turkish investment in F-35
The United States offered F-16 fighters to Turkey to compensate for its $1.4 billion investment in the U.S.-led F-35 Lightning II project from which it was kicked out of over its Russian S-400 buy, Turkish […]
Defense Industry
The capabilities of the Russian S-400 are a few, says Ismail Demir
Head of Turkey’s President of Defense Industries Ismail Demir said on Monday that Turkey could not rely on Russian S-400 missile defense systems, stressing the need to use other weapons to ensure the security of […]
Europe
Turkey Risks Further Sanctions if It Buys Second Batch of S-400
In an interview with American broadcaster CBS News, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would make decisions on its defense systems independently. “In the future, nobody will be able to interfere in terms of what […]
Defense Industry
No More Ice Cream, Turkey Rejects Second Batch Of S-400 Missiles
A senior Turkish official speaking to Middle East Eye (MEE) Tuesday dismissed the Russian side’s claims on the purchase of a second unit of the S-400 air defense system, saying Ankara is not in the […]