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German Defense Minister Warns Europeans Not to Detach from NATO

German Defense Minister Warns Europeans Not to Detach from NATO

her European counterparts: Forget your lofty ideas about the Continent defending itself and get real.

Kramp-Karrenbauer is doubling down on her dismissal of the idea of European strategic autonomy, which sparked a diplomatic blow-up with French President Emmanuel Macron, and which she sees as far…

First Aksungur Maritime Patrol Drone Delivered to Turkish Navy

First Aksungur Maritime Patrol Drone Delivered to Turkish Navy

ISTANBUL — The Turkish military on Wednesday received the first Aksungur, a domestically produced medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the top defense body head said.

In a Twitter statement, the head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), Ismail Demir sa…

Finland to Buy Additional K9 SP Howitzers

Finland to Buy Additional K9 SP Howitzers

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has approved the Defence Forces’ procurement proposal and has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to procure five additional armoured howitzers in 2022.

This is related to the procurement of 155 mm howitzers in 2017. The armoured howitzers were pro…

Chinese Sorties Near Japan Airspace Doubled During Summer

Chinese Sorties Near Japan Airspace Doubled During Summer

The number of fighter jets Japan scrambled to intercept Chinese aircraft approaching its airspace rose sharply over the summer, reversing months of declines, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force launched fighters 187 times between July 1 and Sept. 30, the sec…

Russian Navy May Receive First Lada-class Submarine in 2022

Russian Navy May Receive First Lada-class Submarine in 2022

MOSCOW — The first serial diesel-electric attack submarine Project 677 Lada, developed by the Admiralty Shipyard, is likely to be handed over to the Russian Navy in 2022, a source told TASS on Wednesday.

“The first serial Project 677 Lada submarine is planned to be received in 2022,” the source…

US Marine Corps Acquires Two MQ-9A Reaper Unmanned Aircraft

US Marine Corps Acquires Two MQ-9A Reaper Unmanned Aircraft

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the transfer of two MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the U.S. Marine Corps on October 15, 2021.

The two aircraft have been operated by the USMC since 2018 under a Company Owned/Company Operated (CO…

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