The Czech Armed Forces servicemembers home-based in Strakonice have served four months as part of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania by now. Since this has been the historically first operational deployment for the 25th Air Defence Missile Regiment, they have gained valuable l…

ISTANBUL — The Azerbaijani Air Force used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Turkey’s drone magnate Bayraktar in their recent military drill, the country’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.

The drill, which included live-fire training flights, aimed to improve the Azerbaijani Air Force’s com…

President Sauli Niinistö has rejected a move from Russian President Vladimir Putin to try and limit Nato expansion.

News agency STT asked the president’s view on Putin’s suggestion that Russia gets ‘legal guarantees’ that the alliance would not expand eastwards. Replying by email, Niinistö said h…

Minister of Defence Kalle Laanet met with French Defence Minister Florence Parly, in Paris. The main topics of the meeting were the security situation in Mali and the continuing concentration of Russian forces near the Ukrainian border. The defence ministers also discussed the European Union’s strat…

In an era of renewed great power competition, China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has become the top focus of U.S. defense planning and budgeting.

China’s navy, which China has been steadily modernizing for more than 25 years, since the early to mid-19…

In a complex and changing security environment in the Indo-Pacific, one constant is the ironclad alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today in Seoul.

The secretary and Minister of National Defense Suh Wook spoke after the 53rd…