DefenceTalkA quick barrage of missile tests and bumper defence deals in the Pacific have highlighted a regional arms race that is intensifying as the China-US rivalry grows. “There’s a little frenzy in the Indo-Pacific of arming up,” said Yonsei University professor John Delury. “There’s a sense of everyone’s doing it.” Within 24 hours this week, […]

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe United States this week accused Russia of having tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, a charge Moscow has denied, saying the device was a “special instrument” for inspecting orbiting Russian equipment. Whatever it was, the incident marks for Washington a rare military escalation in space. The ability of one satellite to attack another was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mystery-russian-projectile-raises-fears-of-arms-race-in-space-76051/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkOne of the Defense Department’s top priorities is developing hypersonic weapons capability, a particularly important goal, considering recent developments in this area by near-peer competitors China and Russia, the assistant director for hypersonics from the office of the undersecretary for research and engineering said. Mike White, who spoke at the Institute for Defense and Government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-dod-on-aggressive-track-with-hypersonic-weapons-development-76000/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he hopes to avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China, the White House said. Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the New START treaty capping their countries’ nuclear arsenals. However, China has so far rejected pressure […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-tells-putin-hopes-to-avoid-us-russia-china-arms-race-75997/

DefenceTalkThe United States announced Friday it has successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon that could accelerate the arms race between superpowers. The Pentagon said a test glide vehicle flew at hypersonic speeds — more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5 — to a designated impact […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-successfully-tests-hypersonic-missile-74917/

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Friday that European nations “cannot remain spectators” in the face of a potential nuclear arms race and urged them to push an “international arms control agenda.” “Europeans must realize collectively that in the absence of a legal framework, they could rapidly face a new race for conventional weapons, even nuclear […]

Russia and the US traded accusations at the United Nations on Thursday of risking a new arms race as China said it would play no part in any new missile deal. The United States and Moscow ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty after blaming each other for violating the accord. Deputy Russian Ambassador to […]

DefenceTalkReports suggest Russia is preparing to test a hypersonic missile that would be almost impossible to intercept. The Zircon rocket will be capable of traveling up to six-times the speed of sound. Russia’s planned 7,400 kilometer per hour (4,600 mile per hour) hypersonic missile is such a “quantum leap in technology,” it could potentially render […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-hypersonic-missile-ratchets-up-arms-race-69632/

DefenceTalkA top US Senator has strongly pushed for selling the state-of-the-art Guardian drones to India which “is going to be the next great thing of defence collaboration” between both countries. Democrat Senator Mark Warner and his Republican colleague in the Senate Dan Sullivan, during a programme here asserted that the erstwhile Obama Administration and the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-senators-push-for-sale-of-guardian-drones-to-india-69374/

DefenceTalkNATO has approved an array of military upgrades but insists it will not be dragged into an arms race with Russia. The alliance’s Response Force, which was 13,000-strong at the start of 2015, will be increased to 40,000. Defense ministers from NATO member nations approved the new measures in a summit at NATO headquarters in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-not-interested-in-arms-race-with-russia-64685/