DefenceTalkIndia wants to resolve its border row with China but will not compromise on territory, the country’s new national security adviser said Tuesday, after a tense stand-off between troops on the disputed border last month. Hundreds of Chinese troops allegedly moved into territory claimed by India ahead of a visit by China’s President Xi Jinping […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-says-no-compromise-with-china-on-territory-60798/

DefenceTalkUS military advisors are likely to take a more direct role in the ground campaign against jihadists in Iraq once Iraqi forces are ready to go on the offensive, the top US officer said in comments aired Sunday. General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he had not yet encountered […]https://www.defencetalk.com/future-ground-role-for-us-military-advisors-in-iraq-likely-dempsey-60745/

DefenceTalkA lack of ground support for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, and Turkey’s reluctance Turkey to step in militarily, have all but sealed the fate of the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, analysts said Tuesday. The latest episode of the IS advance in Syria and Iraq has unfurled slowly and painfully in full […]https://www.defencetalk.com/too-late-for-syrian-border-town-as-air-strikes-fail-analysts-60701/

DefenceTalkPoland on Monday urged NATO’s new secretary general to push ahead with a missile shield system amid the West’s worst standoff with Russia since the Cold War. “We firmly support the creation of this (missile shield) system as a pan-NATO one because only this makes deep sense both politically and in terms of defence,” Poland’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-urges-nato-to-push-ahead-with-missle-shield-60682/

DefenceTalkHMS Defender has arrived on station to provide vital support to a US Navy carrier task group in the Gulf, using her world-class air defence weapon systems to protect the US Navy aircraft carrier, USS George H W Bush and her aircraft as they launch airstrikes as part of the international coalition against ISIL. HMS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-deploys-type-45-destroyer-to-gulf-60680/

DefenceTalkFollowing the Government’s decision to prepare to contribute to international led efforts to disrupt and degrade ISIL, the Australian Defence Force will now deploy approximately 600 ADF personnel to the Middle East. The Australian contingent will move to the United Arab Emirates where they will prepare to respond to future Government decisions regarding Iraq. This […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-sends-air-task-force-to-iraq-60575/

DefenceTalkRussia said emphatically on Tuesday it did not want Ukraine to become a NATO member, describing such a possibility as an “unprecedented challenge to European security”. “Ukraine in NATO would be an unprecedented challenge to European security, the biggest since the collapse of the Berlin Wall,” said Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s envoy to the European Union. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-in-nato-would-be-unprecedented-challenge-russia-60564/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea said Thursday it would create a joint military unit with the United States, as a report suggested the contingent would target North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction if a full-scale conflict broke out. The mechanized unit led by a US major general will be set up in the first half of next year, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-set-up-wartime-unit-to-destroy-norths-nukes-report-60539/

DefenceTalkFrance’s contract to sell a pair of Mistral aircraft carriers to Moscow has come under fire in recent months, as relations between the West and Russia have deteriorated over Ukraine. Last month, President Barack Obama said it would be preferable if France pushed the “pause button” on the deal. “I have expressed some concerns, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-criticized-for-warships-contract-with-russia-60248/

DefenceTalkAn Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip killed five people on Wednesday evening, medics said, as Israel’s army announced two more soldiers had died in fighting. Earlier, Israeli tank fire killed five people, including two children, in southern Gaza, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, as Wednesday’s body count reached at least 47 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-strikes-kill-dozens-in-gaza-as-toll-tops-670-60246/