SAN FRANCISCO — A Chinese navy ship stayed in the Sulu Sea southwest of the Philippines for three days, upsetting Manila. Experts say it is a part of Beijing’s effort to look after its interests in an ever-wider swath of the world’s waterways.

A People’s Liberation Army-Navy vessel worked the S…

Africa is a continent of tremendous potential and tremendous danger. It is U.S. Africa Command’s mission to help African nations capitalize on the potential and lessen the dangers, said Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of Africom.

The continent is not a monolith — one solution cannot sat…

The Chinese are activity seeking a military naval base in Africa on the Atlantic coast, which would threaten U.S. national security, Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command said.

Townsend and other Defense Department officials testified today at a House Armed Services Comm…

Among NATO partners, an expenditure of 2% of gross domestic product may no longer be enough for military spending, said Slovakian Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad’ during a press briefing today in Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava. 

“We talked about the fact that 2% of GDP as the cost of defense is no…

Defence Minister Kalle Laanet participated at the extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence yesterday in Brussels, where the situation in Ukraine and additional possibilities for supporting Ukraine were discussed with the defence ministers of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden, as well as EU repre…

Lockheed Martin UK signs teaming agreement to join “Team Thunder” led by Hanwha Defense. The team, which also includes Pearson Engineering, Horstman Defence Systems, Leonardo UK, and Soucy Defense of the Soucy Group, will build an advanced variant of the K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer for the Royal Arti…