DefenceTalkRussian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, “Communism is our goal!” No, this is not some time warp Soviet settlement lost in the Arctic wastes, but a corner of Norway where Moscow can — theoretically at least — mine, build, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-and-china-eye-natos-arctic-achilles-heel-79022/

DefenceTalkThe United States announced Tuesday it will send $100 million in additional anti-armor weapons to Ukraine. “I have authorized, pursuant to a delegation from the President earlier today, the immediate drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $100 million to meet Ukraine’s urgent need for additional anti-armor systems,” Blinken said in a statement. He […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-announces-extra-100-mn-in-military-aid-to-ukraine-78604/

DefenceTalkUkraine on Wednesday began calling up reservists into the armed forces and urged its citizens to leave Russia immediately as the pro-Western country braced for a possible invasion. The call was issued a day after Russia’s upper house of parliament gave President Vladimir Putin permission to send “peacekeepers” into two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/facing-russia-threat-ukraine-calls-up-reservists-78050/

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/

DefenceTalkA US-led maritime exercise including 60 nations and organizations has kicked off in and around Gulf waters with Israel joining for the first time alongside nations that do not recognize it. The US navy said Tuesday that the 18-day biennial International Maritime Exercise (IMX) since Monday includes 50 vessels and 9,000 personnel from more than […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-joins-us-led-mideast-maritime-drill-77813/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military said Tuesday it had launched exercises involving some 6,000 troops and at least 60 fighter jets in southern Russia near Ukraine and in Moscow-annexed Crimea. The southern military district described the live-fire drills as a combat readiness check, as tensions rage between Moscow and the West over Crimea. “Units will practice carrying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-launches-new-military-drills-in-south-crimea-77771/

DefenceTalkSaab has received orders for the recoilless rifle Carl-Gustaf® M4 with included ammunition. The combined order value is approximately 900 million SEK and deliveries will take place in 2022. The industry’s nature is such that depending on circumstances concerning the product and customer, further information regarding the customer will not be announced. “We are proud […]

DefenceTalkThe US Air Force is set to reopen a bidding war between Boeing and arch-rival Airbus over the replacement of its ageing fleet of refueling aircraft essential to Washington’s ability to project power beyond its borders. In a tortuous and scandal-riven procurement process, during which two contracts were scrapped, Boeing finally snagged a $35-billion (30-billion-euro) […]

DefenceTalkPentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that Beijing’s expansive claims in the South China Sea have “no basis in international law”, taking aim at China’s growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters. “That assertion treads on the sovereignty of the states in the region,” he said at the start of a trip to Southeast Asia, […]

DefenceTalkCanadian flight simulator maker CAE announced Monday a deal to buy the military training division of US defense group L3Harris Technologies for about US $1 billion. The purchase includes Link, Doss Aviation and AMI, which provide military training in the United States, flight training to the US air force, and hardware for simulators, respectively. Quebec-based […]