Yearly Archive: 2022

SEOUL — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, in the recalcitrant regime’s latest saber-rattling that comes less than a week before President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the l…

BRUSSELS — British Challenger 2 tanks prowl the Polish countryside. Elite French special forces troops keep watch on Romania’s Black Sea coast. US missile batteries scan the skies of Slovakia. A Norwegian F-35 scrambles to intercept an unidentified Russian aircraft that appears off the coast of Fi…

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have developed instruments for satellite-based maritime surveillance. Kongsberg is now procuring three satellites and is establishing Norway’s first satellite constellation with unique and world-leading capabilities…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the need for a competent, ready military to deter any would-be foe.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described to the Senate Appropriations Committee today, DOD’s strategy and…

The Japanese and Taiwanese militaries have been put on alert after a Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy flotilla led by the Liaoning aircraft carrier was spotted sailing from the East China Sea towards the Pacific Ocean.

Japan Self-Defense Forces’ Joint Staff Office released a statement …

An arms contract between the United States and Taiwan is facing severe delays due to “crowded production lines” caused by the war in Ukraine, prompting Taipei to look for alternatives, the island’s Ministry of National Defense has confirmed.

The first batch of U.S.-made M109A6 “Paladin” self-prop…