Some of Russia’s most high-tech equipment relies on obsolete electronics and parts it can no longer source from the rest of the world. The country’s inability to produce enough semiconductors, essential for the production of modern weapon systems, means it must use older microchips—including commerc…

TOKYO — North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, extending what has already been a record-breaking number of North Korean launches this year.

South Korea’s defense ministry said the North fired a short-range ballistic missile from…

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has announced plans to build 10 more Tuo Chiang-class corvettes in order to strengthen the nation’s asymmetric warfare capabilities.

The first prototype, the Tuo Chiang, was completed in 2014, while the first mass-produced version, the Ta Chi…

BERLIN — The operational readiness of the Bundeswehr must be improved. To achieve this, there are various projects and reforms. A defense policy balance sheet for the parliamentary summer break gives an overview of the measures and what they mean for the troops.

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Seven months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, repairing worn-out Western weapons is becoming increasingly important. The workshop for doing so is to be built on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

Passengers flying into Rzeszow airport in southeastern Poland hardly notice that the most impor…

Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $1,198,735,079 modification (P00091) to previously awarded contract FA8802-19-C-0001 for systems engineering and integration support for the National Space Community.

This modification provides for the exercise of Option Year Four for f…