Source link Grant Shapps wants Western nations to increase their military spending ahead of a possible conflict British defense minister Grant Shapps has predicted a global conflict between the West and Russia, China, Iran and North Korea within five years. Shapps has called on Britain’s allies to increase their military spending in response to this so-called […]
Source link Rustem Umerov will instead meet with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu via video link, several outlets have reported Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has canceled a trip to meet with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu “for security reasons,” several media outlets have reported. The two officials are instead expected to hold talks via […]
Source link The deal, which is supposedly intended to strengthen Kiev in its fight with Moscow, actually does nothing to bolster its chances The Ukrainian elite have been obsessed with obtaining security guarantees from the West since the early 1990s. Over the years, as Kiev has increasingly sought conflict with Russia, it has also tried […]
Source link The deal, which is supposedly intended to strengthen Kiev in its fight with Moscow, actually does nothing to bolster its chances The Ukrainian elite have been obsessed with obtaining security guarantees from the West since the early 1990s. Over the years, as Kiev has increasingly sought conflict with Russia, it has also tried […]
Source link The conflict with Russia generates jobs and export advantages for arms manufacturers, Sebastien Lecornu has said The surge in demand for weapons amid the Ukraine conflict benefits the economy of France, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu told Le Parisien on Wednesday. The senior official revealed plans to produce 78 Caesar howitzers for Ukraine in […]
Source link The pledge comes amid a halt in US contributions and Kiev’s increasing clamor for arms following its failed counteroffensive Germany will shell out more than €7 billion ($7.6 billion) on military aid for Ukraine this year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. Late last year, Bild reported that Berlin was going to double its […]
Source link A new wrinkle has been reported in Lloyd Austin’s efforts to keep his hospital stay and medical condition secret US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s security detail reportedly tried to conceal his emergency trip to the hospital earlier this month by directing an ambulance crew to be “subtle” – with lights and siren […]
Source link Liz Truss attempted to speed up the sale of military equipment to a country she deemed a “threat” Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss urged the British government to speed up the licensing process for a defense contractor hoping to sell military equipment to China, Politico reported on Monday. Publicly, Truss declared China […]
Source link The Pentagon’s inspector general launched a probe after the White House had been uninformed about Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered and oversaw the overnight strikes on dozens of Houthi-related targets in Yemen from a hospital bed, CNN has reported, citing an anonymous senior Pentagon official. The US defense chief […]
Source link Nikhil Gupta is accused of being linked to a plan to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh activist based in New York The US has refused to produce evidence against an Indian man who has been detained for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannuna prominent Sikh activist […]
Source link Psychological stress was also a deciding factor in the decrease in Austrian recruitment last year, according to Klaudia Tanner Young Austrians are getting too fat to join the military, Defense Secretary Klaudia Tanner warned during a press conference on Thursday, attributing last year’s decrease in the number of military conscripts to growing obesity […]
Source link The Nordic state must brace for a possible confrontation with Russia, a top official in Stockholm said Sweden’s top officials have urged their people to prepare for a possible war, amid the rising tensions with Russia. The ministers made their statement at the multi-day Folk och Forsvar National Conference in Salen. In his […]
Source link The Pentagon has no “specific date” for when Lloyd Austin will be discharged after mysterious surgery complications Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder has admitted that the US Secretary of Defense was still in hospital nearly a week after his secret “elective medical procedure” went awry, but insisted that Lloyd Austin is […]
Source link The measures are in response to Washington’s weapons sales to Taipei, Beijing says China has sanctioned five American defense industry companies in response to “gravely wrong actions taken by the US,” the Foreign Ministry has announced. The move is said to be a countermeasure to Washington’s decision to proceed with new arms sales […]
Source link Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since the start of the year, with his deputy handling “routine business,” Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder revealed on Friday. Austin was admitted to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Monday, for what Ryder described as “complications following a recent elective medical procedure.” […]