Monthly Archive: Febbraio 2022

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Jordan of F-16 C/D Block 70 Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $4.21 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification…

PARIS — Following the attacks of January 17, 2022, claimed by the Yemeni Houthi movement, which targeted Abu Dhabi and cost the lives of three people, the United Arab Emirates requested France’s support under the defense agreement between our two countries, signed in 1995 and reaffirmed in 2009.
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In connection with the strengthening of Gotland, the Swedish Armed Forces also deployed truck-mounted anti-ship missiles in southern Skåne, a system with a range of about 100 kilometers. From its deployment site, the unit, together with aircraft and corvettes, can deploy long-range anti-ship missile…

SEOUL — The United States, Australia and Japan kicked off a combined air force exercise on the U.S. territory of Guam and other areas earlier this week in order to beef up cooperation against threats from North Korea and other potential adversaries, a U.S. news outlet reported Friday.

The two-w…

Defense makes a further contribution to strengthening the deterrence and defense of NATO. It concerns a diving team of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service, sailing role-2 capacity (comparable to a field hospital), and the frigate Zr.Ms. from Amstel. Ministers Wopke Hoekstra (Foreign Affairs) and…

ATHENS — Turkey’s unmanned aerial vehicles, flying in a large area stretching from the Evros (Meriç) River on the common border in the north to the Greek island of Meis, or Kastellorizo, have become a “headache,” for Greece, Evangelos Yeorgusis, a retired Greek general, has said.

The Turkish dr…