DefenceTalkRussia’s Northern Fleet has increased its air defense capability with the addition of S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems, the Fleet’s spokesperson Vadim Serga said Friday. “A division of air defense of the Northern Fleet has adopted into service new S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems,” Serga stated without giving further details. The S-400 Triumph […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-northern-fleet-receives-s-400-air-defense-systems-61829/

DefenceTalkTo mark the handover of the first of an initial 20 LEOPARD 2 A7 tanks to the German Army, Frank Haun, Chairman of the Board of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) welcomed numerous guests from the worlds of politics, the military and business to the company’s headquarters in Munich on 10 December. Representing the Inspector General was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-army-begins-modernising-battle-tank-fleet-with-the-leopard-2-a7-61152/

DefenceTalkRepeated budget cuts and frozen orders have blurred promises of market recovery in the global military market, especially across Western regions. The adoption of remotely piloted aircraft systems seems to make manned helicopters further irrelevant. Nevertheless, unrivalled vertical take-off and landing capabilities as well as strong mission efficiency rates will sustain interest in military rotorcraft. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/global-military-helicopters-market-takes-wing-despite-budget-cuts-61104/

DefenceTalkNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has voiced concern about Russia’s “aggressive” behavior. He told a press conference that the alliance was working on a “spearhead” to deter any possible threat. Beginning early next year NATO will have a new reaction force ready, which can be deployed more rapidly on its eastern border. This new force, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-prepares-spearhead-to-ward-off-russia-61095/

DefenceTalkThe US military is looking to flex its muscles in cyberspace as a “deterrence” to hackers eying American targets, the nation’s top cyber-warrior said Tuesday. Admiral Mike Rogers, who heads the Pentagon’s Cyber Command as well as the National Security Agency, evoked a policy often put forward for avoiding nuclear warfare, because holding powerful weapons […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-eyes-cyber-deterrence-to-stop-hackers-60896/

DefenceTalkSweden’s armed forces chief warned Tuesday it could use force to bring to the surface a suspected Russian mini-submarine its navy has been hunting for days as two new sightings of the vessel were revealed. The new “observations” of the supposed “foreign” submarine were made on Monday, rear admiral Anders Grenstad said, after the country’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/more-sightings-of-foreign-sub-as-sweden-says-it-could-use-force-60796/

DefenceTalkThe fourth prototype of the new multirole Mi-38 helicopter has carried out a series of ground runs and completed its first flight at Russian Helicopters’ (part of State Corporation Rostec) Kazan Helicopters’ test flight centre. The helicopter was piloted by a team comprising commander and test pilot (first class), honored test pilot of Russia, Vladimir […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-helicopters-mi-38-pre-series-production-prototype-makes-first-flight-60809/

DefenceTalkTwice in just the past 15 years the U.S. government has made the decision to shrink the size of the Army. Under the Bush Administration the argument was that the real threat was from rising near-peer powers and regional adversaries empowered by advanced weapons technologies. Combatting these threats required investment in transformational capabilities that would […]https://www.defencetalk.com/downsizing-us-army-when-well-need-an-army-you-can-bet-well-need-it-bad-60763/

DefenceTalkPakistani air strikes killed at least 21 militants Sunday in attacks on their hideouts in a restive northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The attacks were launched in the Kuki Khel area of the Khyber tribal district, where the Taliban and another banned Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Islam, have taken refuge. “In precision air strikes, at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-air-strikes-kill-21-militants-officials-60747/

DefenceTalkThe campaign of air strikes against ISIS has now grown to include targets in Syria with support from several Arab states. And in their aftermath, the Administration has wasted little time in describing the effectiveness of these strikes in degrading ISIS capabilities and disrupting ISIS operations. However, this air-only strategy will never be decisive in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/destroying-isis-in-iraq-the-missing-element-60724/