DefenceTalkFour Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft deployed today to take part in the NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As announced to the House of Commons by the Defence Secretary in March, the UK fast jets will reinforce the Polish contribution to the BAP – a standing defensive mission undertaken […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raf-deploys-typhoon-jets-to-bolster-nato-air-policing-mission-59437/

DefenceTalkToday, the Hon. Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, announced six CF-18 fighter aircraft will leave tomorrow morning for Romania as part of the Government of Canada’s contributions to NATO measures to reassure Allies in Central and Eastern Europe. The announcement was made today during Question Period. These fighter aircraft, along with support personnel, will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canada-deploys-six-cf-18s-to-romania-59431/

DefenceTalkThe next round of US sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine will target Russia’s defense industry as well as individuals and companies close to President Vladimir Putin, a senior US official said Sunday. “Starting this week, in coordination with our allies and partners, we’ll be exerting additional pressure on the people closest to him, the companies […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sanctions-to-target-russias-defense-industry-others-us-59425/

DefenceTalkRussia has the world’s second-ranked military after former Cold War foe the United States. The armed forces in Ukraine, a former republic in the ex-Soviet Union, are much, much smaller. But numbers don’t tell the whole story. Other factors come into play in weighing which side might get the upper hand should war break out […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-vs-russia-military-mismatch-but-does-that-mean-no-contest-59408/

DefenceTalkCanada is deploying six CF-18 fighter jets to Eastern Europe as part of NATO’s response to the worsening crisis in Ukraine, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine was on the brink of civil war, stoking fears of outright Russian intervention. NATO has increased air sorties and additional navy ships […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canada-sends-fighter-jets-to-eastern-europe-59366/

DefenceTalkThe United States will send helmets, medical supplies and other non-lethal military aid to Ukraine amid fears of another Russian incursion there, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday. Hagel said he had informed Kiev that President Barack Obama “has approved additional non-lethal military assistance for health and welfare items and other supplies.” The aid includes […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-send-non-lethal-military-aid-to-ukraine-hagel-59364/

DefenceTalkPoland and the United States will announce next week the deployment of U.S. ground forces to Poland as part of an expansion of NATO presence in Central and Eastern Europe in response to events in Ukraine. That was the word from Poland’s defense minister, Tomasz Siemoniak, who visited The Post Friday after meeting with Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-ground-troops-going-to-poland-defense-minister-says-59353/

DefenceTalkThings just got a lot tenser between the United States and Russia. Yesterday, a Russian fighter jet deliberately and repeatedly “buzzed” the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer that was transiting the Black Sea towards the Romanian port of Constanta. This was no accident; the Sukhoi-24, an all-weather strike fighter, made a dozen passes over the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/what-the-is-a-us-destroyer-doing-in-the-black-sea-59335/

DefenceTalkThe future of the Russian armed forces lies in developing high-precision ‘smart’ weapons and boosting the capacity to conduct no-contact warfare, a Russian deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry said on Saturday. “Old-fashioned army and fleet, organized in accordance with 20th century examples, will lose a war before they are face to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-should-be-ready-for-non-contact-war-59327/

DefenceTalkTwo U.S. fighter jets under NATO command were scrambled from the Siauliai air base in Lithuania Tuesday (1 April 2014) to exercise with two Swedish Gripen fighter aircraft over the Baltic Sea, in a training event designed to improve coordination and emergency procedures. The Baltic Regional Training event is conducted several times a year. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-and-swedish-fighter-jets-train-together-over-the-baltic-sea-59210/