DefenceTalkTop U.S. and South Korean military leaders spoke to reporters yesterday at Osan Air Base near the South Korean capital of Seoul to reinforce the alliance between the two countries and their combined resolve to deter North Korean threats. In attendance were Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-military-leaders-reinforce-alliance-70365/

DefenceTalkInstalling a controversial US missile defence system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between Beijing’s opposition and American insistence, the country’s new president has a strategy: delay. Seoul suspended deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system this week following a furious campaign of economic sanctions and diplomatic protests […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-trap-seoul-between-a-rock-and-a-thaad-place-70149/

DefenceTalkBoeing the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force and the United Kingdom Royal Air Force will continue modernizing global maritime patrol capabilities through a $2.2 billion contract awarded March 30 for at least 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The agreement also includes options for 32 additional aircraft, as well as money for long-lead parts for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/2-2-billion-boeing-contract-funds-p-8-aircraft-for-u-s-australia-and-u-k-69660/

DefenceTalkCAMP SOUMAGAHARA, Japan — American Marine Corps and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces conducted aerial integration training using the Marines’ MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and Japanese CH-47 Chinook helicopters during exercise Forest Light 17-1 in the Soumagahara training area of Gunma prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2017. This portion of the exercise familiarized both nations’ forces with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-japanese-forces-train-together-during-forest-light-exercise-69474/

DefenceTalkPresident-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that America must massively boost its nuclear capability until the “world comes to its senses.” “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” Trump wrote on Twitter, without explaining what he meant. His comment marks […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-must-greatly-strengthen-its-nuclear-capability-trump-68721/

DefenceTalkBeijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and how to handle increasingly erratic North Korea. Speaking at the 7th annual Xiangshan regional defence forum in Beijing, Chang Wanguan, China’s defence minister, levied thinly veiled criticism at recent US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-raps-us-interventions-in-asia-at-regional-forum-68354/

DefenceTalkTwo Russians and a U.S. citizen were arrested for exporting sensitive U.S. military technology to Russia. A U.S. citizen and two Russian nationals were arrested for allegedly exporting sensitive military technology from the United States to Russia, the U.S. Justice Department said on October 6. The department said Alexei Barysheff of New York – a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-arrests-3-for-exporting-sensitive-military-technology-to-russia-68325/

DefenceTalkChinese people believe the United States is the “top threat” facing their country, a poll showed Wednesday, with most suspecting the world’s number one economy of trying to “prevent China from becoming an equal power”. A survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center revealed 45 percent of Chinese consider US power and influence to be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-rank-us-as-top-threat-survey-68313/

DefenceTalkThe United States will send about 600 extra troops to Iraq to train local forces for an offensive on the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. IS seized Mosul along with other areas in June 2014, but the country’s forces have since regained significant ground from the jihadists and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-send-600-more-troops-to-iraq-for-mosul-offensive-68245/

DefenceTalkGliding stealthily through the ocean depths, attack submarines quietly shadow their quarry, ready to strike with torpedoes or missiles. Somewhat neglected after the Cold War, they are now making a serious comeback around the world. Militaries in Asia, Russia and the United States are aggressively stepping up the development, acquisition and deployment of the undersea […]https://www.defencetalk.com/submarines-surface-as-key-tool-in-worlds-navies-68193/