Monthly Archive: Aprile 2022

BERLIN — Germany will buy 60 CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters from Boeing worth around 5 billion euros ($5.40 billion) as it upgrades its military armory, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday, citing government sources.

The helicopters will be financed from the 100 billion eur…

ATHENS — The Ministry of Defense has apparently decided to spend €500 million to upgrade its four Hydra-Class MEKO frigates. The upgrade will allow the 3,200-ton frigates, commissioned in the 1990s, to remain operational for 15 more years.

If the decision stands, it will be a departure from the…

MOSCOW — A new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is capable of carrying several hypersonic weapons, a senior Russian military officer said Sunday.

Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, the commander of the Russian military’s Strategic Missile Forces, said in televised remarks that the new Sarmat…

STOCKHOLM — Total global military expenditure increased by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2021, to reach $2113 billion. The five largest spenders in 2021 were the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Russia, together accounting for 62 per cent of expenditure, according to new data on…

As of April 22, the United States has now committed more than $4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $3.4 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked invasion on February 24.

On April 21, the Department of Defen…

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy celebrated its 73rd anniversary on Saturday by announcing, over the past days, the commissioning of half a dozen powerful warships and two types of advanced vessel-based helicopters, which have already started training to form combat capabilities. Thes…