DefenceTalkWashington said Monday it might use a critical fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers to discuss with Tehran possible cooperation on tackling the crisis raging in Iraq. The United States and Iran, which have been bitter foes for more than 30 years, are both deeply concerned by a major insurgency by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-iran-may-use-nuclear-talks-to-discuss-iraq-59929/

DefenceTalkCiting the “huge investments and sacrifices” Americans have made in Iraq, President Barack Obama said today that he has asked his national security team to prepare a range of options to help Iraqi security forces stop rapidly advancing Sunni insurgents who have overrun much of the country’s north, control most of Anbar province and are […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-weighs-options-for-intervention-in-iraq-59904/

DefenceTalkThe number of nuclear weapons in the world continue to decline, but at a slower pace than in previous years, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday. “Over the past five years there has been a steady decline in the overall number of nuclear warheads in the world,” the think tank said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/worlds-nuclear-arsenal-reduction-slows-down-stockholm-institute-59899/

DefenceTalkChina denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday for “provocative” remarks accusing Beijing of destabilizing actions in contested Asian waters. Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of the general staff of the People’s Liberation Army, told an Asian security forum in Singapore that strong comments made by Abe […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-hits-back-at-us-japan-for-provocative-remarks-59743/

DefenceTalkThe use of home-made servers in Beijing’s national banks may prevent inclusion of hidden backdoors that facilitate intelligence gathering by the US National Security Agency, according to expert in the US-China relations, RIA Novosti reports. Chinese government institutions, including the People’s Bank of China and the Ministry of Finance, are reviewing domestic commercial banks’ reliance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-replace-ibm-servers-national-security-59729/

DefenceTalkThe US Navy is sending a guided missile cruiser to the Black Sea, the Pentagon said Tuesday, the latest bid by Washington to to reassure allies worried over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. “I can confirm the Vella Gulf, a Navy cruiser, will be going in to the Black Sea probably later this week,” Pentagon spokesman […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-sends-another-warship-to-the-black-sea-59648/

DefenceTalkUnmanned aerial vehicles will monitor military build-ups as well as missile and nuclear development programs, but they are likely to be criticized by Beijing and Pyongyang for contributing to regional tensions. The US Air Force is to transfer two of its state-of-the-art Global Hawk drones to its air base at Misawa, in northern Japan, before […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-japan-prepare-to-deploy-surveillance-drones-59607/

DefenceTalkThe Philippines and the United States announced they would sign an agreement on Monday to allow a greater US military presence on Filipino soil for the next decade. The deal will be signed in Manila a few hours before US President Barack Obama is due to arrive for a two-day visit to the Philippines, one […]https://www.defencetalk.com/philippines-us-to-sign-defense-pact-59423/

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/