Source link President Joe Biden has praised the US military and American servicemembers for helping the Israel Defense Forces to deflect a large-scale Iranian attack against military facilities in Israel. “At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the US military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course […]
Source link Deployment of American ground-based nuclear-capable weapons near China may prompt Russian action, deputy foreign minister warned Russia considers the revival of intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles by the US as “irrevocable” and may field some of its own, potentially in tandem with China, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov, said on Thursday. The […]
Source link Ankara reportedly plans to rely on Russian-made S-400 air defense systems in its planned campaign against Kurdish militants in Iraq Ankara is expected to deploy the S-400 air defense systems it acquired from Russia to the Turkish border with Iraq later this month, the Türkiye daily reported on Wednesday. The move is said […]
Source link Arms maker MBDA cannot produce more munitions without an order from Berlin, Thomas Gottschild has said The production of Taurus missiles, which Kiev has been pressuring Berlin to supply amid the conflict with Russia, is currently suspended, the head of the German branch of European arms manufacturer MBDA has said. Around 600 Taurus […]
Source link The Netherlands will deploy a Patriot air defense unit to NATO ally Lithuania as part of a summer joint air defense exercise, the Dutch Defense Ministry announced this week. The several-week-long drill is essential to strengthen air defenses on the eastern flank, the Dutch military claimed in a press release on Thursday. The […]
Source link Two people were injured in an attack involving a dozen rockets, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Russian air defense systems have shot down around a dozen Western-supplied missiles over Belgorod Region on the border with Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. The new round of Ukrainian attacks was reported by […]
Source link Kiev’s troops have launched multiple projectiles at the city hosting a key Russian naval base, a top regional official said Ukraine has fired multiple missiles at the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, Governor Mikail Razvozhayev said in the early hours of Sunday. The city hosts an important naval base and the headquarters of […]
Source link The reported test comes after Pyongyang decried the latest joint drills held by the US and South Korea North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Monday, the Yonhap News Agency has reported, citing senior South Korean military officials. The launches were carried out as US Secretary of State […]
Source link Kiev’s forces will soon be able to target only one in five incoming Russian projectiles, the paper has reported Ukraine has told its Western backers that munitions for some of its air defense systems could be almost used up by the end of March, the Washington Post has reported, citing US officials. According […]
Source link Since the start of the conflict, Ukraine has destroyed multiple navy vessels with the help of the bloc’s rockets and drones Ukraine has used NATO-supplied missiles to take out Russian Navy vessels in the Black Sea, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, adding that the US-led military bloc considers the area to be […]
Source link The German chancellor has reiterated his stance against escalating the conflict with Russia German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told lawmakers in the Bundestag on Wednesday that he refuses to arm Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles. Kiev has been increasingly vocal about its lack of weaponry and ammunition on the front lines, and has […]
Source link Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his reluctance to supply long-range weaponry to Kiev, DPA has reported German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, citing the risk of Berlin’s direct or indirect involvement in the Ukraine conflict, DPA reported on Tuesday. Kiev has long been requesting […]
Source link The US-made air defense systems will be deployed to Lithuania in 2024, its defense chief said The NATO alliance will station US-made Patriot anti-air missile systems in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s defense minister, Arvydas Anusauskas, announced. Lithuania shares a border with Russia’s exclave region of Kaliningrad, as well as with Russia’s ally Belarus. […]
Source link Olaf Scholz needs resolve to withstand pressure from hawks, Peter Szijjarto has said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hopefully have enough resolve to withstand the “immense pressure” from pro-Ukrainian hawks, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has told Russian media. The head of Germany’s government is being pushed hard to send more weapons to […]
Source link New Delhi has approved acquisition of $4.7 billion-worth of weaponry, including missiles and MiG29 engines co-developed with Russia The Indian Ministry of Defence has approved five arms-acquisition contracts worth $4.7 billion (391 billion rupees), including an order for the Navy’s preferred missile, the long-range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, New Delhi announced on Friday. […]