DefenceTalkGermany will send anti-tank rocket launchers, rifles and hand grenades to support Iraqi Kurds battling ISIS militants fighting for the Islamic State, the defence ministry announced Sunday. The move followed a meeting of ministers led by Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss what Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen described as an “extremely critical” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-to-send-anti-tank-weapons-rifles-to-iraqi-kurds-60470/

DefenceTalkSyrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad for the first time received at least 20 US-made TOW anti-tank missiles from a “Western source,” a rebel official told AFP Tuesday. “Moderate, well-organized fighters from the Hazm movement have for the first time received more than 20 TOW anti-tank missiles from a Western source,” the source […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syria-rebels-get-us-made-missiles-source-59329/

DefenceTalkFrustrated by long delays in replacing their growing stockpile of obsolescent equipment, India’s three armed service chiefs have been warning the government that procurement delays are compromising the country’s war preparedness, military sources have told The Hindu. The government, the sources said, was told the Air Force’s combat jet fleet would soon begin shrinking dangerously, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-ageing-war-machine-could-grind-to-a-halt-govt-warned-58891/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress March 26 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar for 500 Javelin Guided Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $122 million. The Government of Qatar has requested a possible sale of 500 Javelin Guided Missiles, 50 Command Launch Units […]https://www.defencetalk.com/qatar-to-buy-javelin-missiles-47329/