Patriot missile sales to Netherlands cleared by US State Department
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Department of State cleared a possible foreign military sale of 96 Raytheon-made Patriot surface-to-air missiles to the Netherlands in a deal estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. The Netherlands requested to buy the Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles, which the State Department said support its goal of improving its defenses and increase its interoperability with the U.S. and fellow NATO forces. “The proposed sale will improve the Netherlands’ capability to meet current and future threa…
UK F-35 buy paves way for a return to warplane-based nuclear deterrent
DefenseNews: THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Kingdom is expected to buy 12 F-35A fighter jets, marking a significant boost to the country’s nuclear deterrence posture, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. Announced ahead of the NATO summit held in The Hague, the government called the acquisition “the biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation.” The new procurements will allow Britain to “join NATO’s nuclear mission” by reintroducing to the Royal Air Force so-called dual-capable aircraft: airframes that can carry both co…
Researchers home in on origins of Russia’s Baltic GPS jamming
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Polish researchers have collected detailed information on Russia’s Baltic Sea GPS jamming operations, a mysterious nuisance for aviators and mariners in the region that began when Russia attacked Ukraine. The airwaves over the Baltic Sea have been compromised ever since the war began. In the past years, thousands of planes and ships have had their navigation systems bamboozled, with some ending up veering off course or even needing to cancel their trips altogether. The culprit behind these mysterious aberrations: radio…
China Ukraine envoy urges allies to ‘stop sending weapons’ to Kyiv
BEIJING — China’s Ukraine envoy called on other governments Friday to “stop sending weapons to the battlefield” and appealed for peace talks at a time when Washington and its European allies are ramping up supplies of missiles and tanks to Ukrainian forces trying to recapture Russian-occupied territory. China's Ukraine envoy Li Hui speaks to media in Beijing, Friday, June 2, 2023. Li appealed Friday to other governments to "stop sending weapons to the battlefield" and hold peace talks but gave no indication that his trip to the r…
DefenseNews: NATO chief warns takes time to train Ukraine on Western arms
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday there was an “urgent need” to step up arms deliveries to Ukraine, but warned it took time to adapt Kyiv’s forces to modernized heavy weapons. Around 50 alliance members and partners are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine’s desperate pleas for more hardware as it struggles to hold back Russia’s onslaught in the east of the country. “Ukraine is really in a very critical situation and therefore, it’s an urgent need to step up,” Stoltenberg told journalists ahead of a gathering of NATO ministers. The …
Philippines, Malaysia and Japan take on China over illegal territorial claims, especially the South China Sea
China’s ties with key SE Asian nations and Japan appear to be worsening over Beijing’s aggressive policy to claim territories with scant regard for international law. The Philippines on Sunday publicly called on China to comply with the 2016 arbitral ruling, which invalidated its massive claim over the resource-rich South China Sea, four years since the decision was handed down by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands. "Compliance in good faith with the award would be consistent with the obligations of the Philippines …
US Warns Russia Over Military Flights Near American Shores
The United States has expressed renewed concern about Russian military flights near U.S. borders and has warned Moscow to abide by international law. In a terse statement Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged Russia's need for routine training activity. But she said the number of flights near North America had increased in recent months, and that the United States did not consider Russia's security environment as warranting such activity. The European Leadership Network, a London-based research institute,…
Defexpo to showcase India's defence capabilities
Country's capabilities in land, naval and security systems and its emergence as an "attractive destination" for investment in the defence sector will be showcased at the Defexpo India starting Fe b 6. A total of 624 companies from 30 countries will take part in the four-day event. Considered one of Asia's biggest land and maritime shows, the Defexpo is taking place at a time when the government has revised defence procurement procedure to make "buy Indian" and "buy and make Indian" preferred categ…
Indigenous grenades may soon replace Army's vintage ones
Finally the Indian Army may be able to replace the World War II vintage HE36 hand grenades with new ones developed indigenously. After a joint research with Chandigarh-based Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), has closed in on the final product. Though some fine tuning remains. After successful laboratory production, an order has been placed with the Ordnance Factory Khamaria to make 10,000 pieces of the multi-modal grenade (MMG), claimed to be better than the HE36. The HE36 takes four seconds…
Former US test site sues nuclear nations including India
The tiny Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands, scene of massive U.S. nuclear tests in the 1950s, sued the United States and eight other nuclear-armed countries including India on Thursday, accusing them of failing in their obligation to negotiate nuclear disarmament. The Pacific country accused all nine nuclear-armed states of "flagrant violation of international law" for failing to pursue the negotiations required by the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It filed one suit specifically directed against the United St…
US flies roughly 85 percent of airstrikes against Islamic State, in complex mix of tactics, politics
The United States is conducting roughly 85 percent of the multi-national air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to the most recent Pentagon report. U.S. fighter planes and drones have conducted 819 strikes, compared to 157 from the 10 other countries, states the detailed report obtained last week. The U.S. began the strikes in Iraq on Aug. 8 and was joined roughly five weeks later by Australia, followed by France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. They joined as part of President Obama’s plan …
INDO DEFENCE 2014 Kicks-off at Jakarta International Expo
INDO DEFENCE 2014, Indonesia's international defence expo & forum, kicked-off today at the Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) Kemayoran, showcasing the latest technologies from the aerospace, naval, land defence and security industries. Hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Defence, the 6th bi-annual exhibition runs from 5 - 8 November, and is anticipating a record-breaking 18,000 political and military officials, international delegates, industry professionals and trade visitors. As Indonesia's official tri-serv…
UK to deliver rocket launchers to Ukraine soon: defence secretary
DefenseNews : Britain will soon deliver multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine in response to its request for heavy arms to repel the Russian invasion, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday. Following in the footsteps of the United States , London had announced on June 6 that it would send Ukraine its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, which has better range and precision than Russia’s artillery. “I think it’s imminent, their delivery, and the munition has to go alongside”, Wallace told reporters in Oslo on the sidelines of a …
F-35B jets out of Japan make debut at Australia’s Pitch Black exercise
DARWIN, Australia — The F-35 fighter jet is making its debut at the multinational Pitch Black exercise in Australia, with U.S. Marine Corps “B” variants participating in drills there in the lead-up to the main event. The 12 F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing aircraft were practicing the Corps’ concept known as “Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations” at RAAF Base Curtin, according to Lt. Col. Richard Behrmann, an operations officer at Marine Aircraft Group 12 based in Iwakuni, Japan. The F-35Bs have been deployed to RAAF Base Tindal, 6…
What If the First Strike Is Invisible? Inside the JASSM Missile Changing How Wars Are Fought
WARNING: What if the next full-scale war begins not with exploding bombs or invading tanks, but with a stealth missile you never saw coming, striking from hundreds of kilometers away, deep inside your borders, before your air defenses even knew it was coming? This is the chilling reality of modern long-range precision weapons like the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), a weapon so advanced that it can decide the outcome of a conflict before it starts. Imagine a missile launched from a fighter jet flying well outside hos…
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