Source link The armed suspect claimed he had “top secret” information for a general at the Air Force facility A Florida man has been arrested for trying to enter a military base while armed and identifying himself as “Captain America,” according to a criminal complaint published this week. The man, who claimed he had “top […]
Source link From bases to embedded officers, London is reportedly helping Washington in places like Somalia The British military has quietly played a “significant role” in operations of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) for years, the outlet Declassified UK reported on Wednesday, citing documents it recently obtained. A number of British officers have been embedded […]
Source link Russia’s forces have repeatedly reported destroying or capturing tanks and fighting vehicles donated to Kiev Ukraine is facing significant battlefield losses, and its counteroffensive has failed to impress Kiev’s foreign backers, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Defense Ministry Board meeting on Tuesday. Putin said that Kiev’s forces faced these pitfalls […]
Source link Under the agreement, American troops will be able to store weapons and supplies at 15 locations in Finland Finland plans to sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the US, enabling Washington to send troops there and store weapons and ammunition, the Finnish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The Nordic country became a […]
Source link Aleksey Danilov says the situation is grave on the front line amid winter conditions and after Kiev’s failed counteroffensive NATO’s war textbooks should be shelved as no modern training manual can prepare soldiers for the war in Ukraine, according to the secretary of Kiev’s National Security and Defense Council. Aleksey Danilov told the […]
Source link Kiev has “unrealistic expectations” about what Washington can provide, American officials told he outlet Ukrainian commanders and civilian officials overestimate the ability of the US to supply the country with weapons and ammo amid the conflict with Russia and are asking for things that simply don’t exist, American officials have told the New […]
Source link The mock burials were meant to strengthen soldiers’ psyches for large-scale hostilities, NRK has reported The Norwegian military is practicing burying soldiers and coping with the loss of life in light of the grim battlefield realities of the Ukraine conflict, local media reported on Thursday. The macabre training was part of army exercises […]
Source link The Defense Forces personnel aboard the lost chopper had been sent to inspect the area amid rising tensions with Caracas A military helicopter with five senior Guyanese officers and two soldiers onboard vanished in stormy weather on Wednesday near Guyana’s contested border with Venezuela. Rescue operations had to be called off due to […]
Source link The ex-prime minister was said to be “enraged” after the EU threatened to prevent doses of a Covid vaccine from entering the UK Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked military advisers to prepare plans to raid a Dutch Covid-19 vaccine plant to retrieve 5 million AstraZeneca doses, the Daily Mail has claimed. […]
Source link The army mission had targeted rebels but instead killed Muslims as they gathered for a religious celebration on Sunday At least 85 people were killed in an alleged military drone strike in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state over the weekend, according to local authorities. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into the […]
Source link Lloyd Austin has admitted the true goal of Ukraine support is the modernization of the US’ military industry, Dmitry Medvedev says The Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has apparently revealed the true goal of his country’s enduring support for Ukraine and it has nothing to do with defending “democracy” or even battling Russia, but […]
Source link Fighting always ends with a diplomatic agreement, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown Jr. says The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will not have a purely military solution, Charles Brown Jr., the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has suggested. During his appearance at the Reagan National Defense […]
Source link Despite the increase, the EU’s top diplomat warned that the bloc continues “to lag behind other players” in defense spending Military spending in the European Union increased by 6% to a record €240 billion ($261.4 billion) in 2022, according to figures published on Thursday by the European Defense Agency. Some 20 of the […]
Source link The John Wayne Saloon has reportedly been shut down after a newspaper raised questions about alcohol use at NORAD The US general overseeing Washington’s defenses against nuclear bombers and other threats by air has reportedly ordered the shutdown of a secret saloon after a major media outlet raised questions about daytime drinking inside […]
Source link Soldiers have yet to see any of the billions of euros that the chancellor vowed to spend, the American newspaper reported Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s €100 billion ($109 billion) cash injection into the German military has yet to reach the barracks, where soldiers told the New York Times that they still lack weapons, ammunition, […]