Category: Notizie Estero

Russia is desperately trying to fill its ranks depleted by its poor showing in its unprovoked war on Ukraine, a senior defense official said speaking on background today.

Russia is seeking to increase the size of its military by 137,000 to 1.15 million. U.S. officials have said that Russia has lo…

WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine has depleted American stocks of some types of ammunition and the Pentagon has been slow to replenish its arsenal, sparking concerns among U.S. officials that American military readiness could be jeopardized by the shortage.

The U.S. has over the past six months s…

Senior Defence officials have downplayed the possibility of acquiring new Spanish built destroyers, as the shipbuilder behind the troubled $45 billion future frigate project says it has clawed back a year’s worth of delays and will start construction of the first parts of the ship in May next year.
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On Thursday 25 August, the defence ministers of Sweden, Finland and Norway met at Gustaf Mannerheim’s hunting lodge in southern Finland. During the day, they discussed Swedish-Finnish defence cooperation and cooperation between Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Swedish-Finnish defence cooperation has i…

TAIPEI — The U.S. Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit publicized since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellors…

–Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Stand-in Attack Weapon Phase 1.2.
This contract provides for all activities associated with the statement of objectives as well as the contractor’s proposal for Phase 1.2.
Work will be perform…