L’inarrestabile escalation del conflitto in Libia
Mentre continua l’avanzata delle forze fedeli al Governo di accordo nazionale libico (GNA) sostenute dai turchi a ovest di Tripoli aumentano le voci di un forte incremento di rinforzi e…
Yearly Archive: 2020
US Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty Is Slap in Face of European Allies: HASC
Tomorrow the United States will formally submit its notification of its decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. After careful consideration, including input from Allies and key partners, it has become abundantly clear that it is no longer in the United States’ best interest to remain a part…
Morocco Borrows €192M to Buy Unspecified Weapons from MBDA France
PARIS — Saad Dine El Otmani, the head of Morocco’s government, has approved Decree No. 346.20.0, issued on May 11, to purchase an unspecified package of weapons from France’s MBDA, Moroccan media reported midweek.
The approval came after the government on April 28 obtained a loan of 192.1 mill…
Russia to Roll Out New Radar Capable of Detecting Hypersonic Targets ‘at 450km Range’
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec State Corporation) has started marketing work to bring on the world market of armaments the 59N6-TE mobile three-dimensional radar, developed and produced by the JSC “Federal Research and Production Center “Nizhniy Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering”…
China Defence Spending to Grow by 6.6%, Lowest Rate in 30 Years
BEIJING — China’s defence spending this year will rise at the slowest rate in three decades but will still increase by 6.6% from 2019, as the country grapples with what it sees as growing security threats and a wilting economy.
The figure, set at 1.268 trillion yuan ($178.16 billion) in the nat…
LNA Said to Receive Fighter Jets As Libya War Escalates
The commander of the Libyan National Army, Gen. Khalifa Haftar, has threatened to escalate the LNA’s offensive in western Libya, amid reports that his militia has taken delivery of fighter jets.
In a statement on Thursday, the chief of the LNA’s Air Force, Saqr al-Jaroushi, said that the LNA woul…
