Yearly Archive: 2022

WASHINGTON — Russia has lost about one-quarter of its troops, weapons and military equipment originally sent to invade Ukraine less than two months ago, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday.

“We believe that [Russian President Vladimir Putin’s] roughly at 75% of his combat power that he …

On April 19 Vice Minister of National Defence Vilius Semeška and his delegation met with representatives of the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), ARTEC consortium, and Krauss-Maffei Wegman and Rheinmetall companies in Munich to discuss further prospects of supplying Lithuania wit…

Compared to its initial operations around Kyiv and in the southwest of Ukraine, Russia likely has a measure of localised air superiority in Donbas. However, this is unlikely to produce decisive results on the battlefield.

The first phase of the air war over Ukraine was characterised by the Russia…

MUMBAI, India — The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai today launched INS Vagsheer, the last of the six Scorpene-class submarines under Project 75. The submarine was launched by Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar.

After launch, the submarine will undergo a comprehensive and rigorous set of tests and…

RAMSTEIN, Germany — On April 15, 2022, NATO’s Deployable Air Command and Control Centre (DACCC) in Poggio Renatico, Italy, deployed one of its Ground Air Ground (GAG) communications modules to Campia Turzii, Romania, to support Allied Air Operations in its eastern Allies’ airspace.

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SAN FRANCISCO —- China has deployed its premier fighter jets over its nearby seas to counter mounting U.S. military involvement in Asia, analysts say.

Domestically made Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter aircraft are stationed in the country’s south for missions in the South China and East China seas…