DefenceTalkThousands of NATO troops, some with little experience of operating in snowy conditions, are learning to survive and fight in freezing temperatures in exercises above the Arctic Circle. Up in Norway’s Far North, a group of US Marines have swapped their usual desert camouflage outfits for mountain gear, thick mittens and big white boots. It […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-troops-face-chill-of-combat-in-arctic-exercises-78485/

DefenceTalkFormer president Dwight D. Eisenhower, general Colin Powell and abolitionist Harriet Tubman are among the names under consideration as the US Army moves to rename nine bases honoring military figures of the pro-slavery Civil War South. The Naming Commission set up by Congress to come up with new names said on its website that it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eisenhower-powell-tubman-among-possible-names-for-us-army-bases-78455/

DefenceTalkParis’ defence ministry on Monday denied that France breached European sanctions by continuing to sell military equipment to Russia after its 2014 annexation of Crimea. Investigative journalism outfit Disclose reported that around 152 million euros ($167 million) of gear had been approved for export since 2015, citing both “top secret” documents and public sources. Most […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-denies-breaching-sanctions-with-russia-arms-sales-78420/

DefenceTalkHundreds of Taiwanese military reservists carried out training exercises on Monday after the island’s president called for “unity” as the Ukraine war rattles nerves over the threat of invasion from China. Taiwan last year stepped up its training regime for reservists as tensions rise with Beijing, which sees the self-ruled island as part of its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-military-reservists-train-under-cloud-of-ukraine-war-78401/

DefenceTalkMajor military exercises involving 30,000 NATO troops and partner countries kicked off in Norway on Monday as tensions escalate between the West and Russia over the Ukraine war. Cold Response 2022, planned long before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, aims to test how Norway would manage Allied reinforcements on its soil, in line with Article 5 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/major-nato-maneuvers-kick-off-in-norway-78392/

DefenceTalkRheinmetall AG of Duesseldorf, Germany, released details today of its plans for a new factory in Eastern Slovakia and a massive investment into the Slovak economy. The company is hoping to supply 152 KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles as part of the Slovak Armed Forces’ re-equipment programme. Rheinmetall also revealed names and roles among its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-ready-to-produce-new-infantry-fighting-vehicles-in-slovakia-78385/

DefenceTalkOCCAR (Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation), on behalf of the French and Spanish Armament General Directorate, the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) and the DGAM (Dirección General de Armamento y Material) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for the development, production, and initial in-service support of the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade program. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-and-spain-launch-tiger-mkiii-helicopters-program-78282/

DefenceTalkFrance was speeding up its deployment of troops to bolster NATO’s eastern flank in Romania after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Talking after an emergency summit with European Union leaders, Macron said he was “accelerating” the dispatch of forces. It is part of a broader push by NATO allies to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-accelerating-troop-deployment-to-romania-78101/

DefenceTalkGermany’s army can do little to support the response to the Russian invasion, its chief said said Thursday, as the country’s ex-defence minister admitted that Berlin committed a “historical failure” in not bolstering itself militarily. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who was defence minister in Angela Merkel’s cabinet said Germany had forgotten lessons from the past that “negotiation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-army-limited-in-russia-response-says-commander-78067/

DefenceTalkRussia said Friday it was withdrawing more tanks and other armored vehicles from areas near Ukraine’s border after running war games that had raised concerns in the West. “Another military train carrying personnel and military equipment belonging to tank army units of the western military district returned to their permanent bases in the Nizhny Novgorod […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-withdrawing-military-forces-from-near-ukraine-77992/