German Chancellor Blocks €3B Ukraine Aid with IRIS-T Systems …
Jan 10, 2025 · German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly blocked a proposed €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, which included IRIS-T air defense systems and other equipment, despite receiving approval from other top officials. The information about Scholz’s decision was revealed by the German ...
Serbia Cancelling Arms Contracts with Russia, Preferring Chinese ...
Jan 10, 2025 · Serbia has canceled several military contracts with Russia, attributing the decision to the difficulty of honoring agreements amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and international sanctions on Moscow. According to General Milan Mojsilovic, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army, these ...
U.K.’s Chagos Islands Deal Could Open Indian Ocean Door to China
Jan 13, 2025 · A report by the think tank Policy Exchange has raised alarm over the U.K. Government’s plan to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, warning that it could pave the way for increased Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean. Admiral Lord West, a former First Sea Lord and Labour peer ...
Zelensky Offers to Exchange Captured N.Korean Soldiers for …
Jan 14, 2025 · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed exchanging two captured North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia. The two men, captured during fighting in the Kursk region, were recently featured in a video shared on Zelensky's Telegram channel, where he outlined their ...
Raytheon Secures $333M U.S. Navy Contract for SM-6 Block IA …
Jan 14, 2025 · Raytheon has been awarded a $333 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IA missiles.. Production under this contract will be completed at Raytheon facilities in Tucson, Ariz., Huntsville, Ala., Andover, Mass., and Dine, N.M. with expected completion by 2027.
Iran Shoots Down Bunker Busting Bomb in Exercise to Protect …
Jan 11, 2025 · Iranian Air Defense intercepted a projectile mirroring a hostile bunker buster with a homegrown missile system in the course of a military drill near a nuclear site in central Iran. The air defense forces from the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) started a joint war game on ...
Rheinmetall, MBDA Plan JV to Develop Ship-Based Laser Weapons
Jan 13, 2025 · German companies Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland are planning to establish a joint venture to develop ship-based laser weapons. This is according to German publication Hartpunkt. This collaboration marks a new phase in their partnership, which has focused on laser weapon technology for several years.