DefenceTalkThe United States and Israel signed a landmark 10-year military assistance agreement Wednesday, as U.S. lawmakers of both political parties stressed that Congress will determine actual aid levels to the Jewish state. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) promises to provide Israel with a record $38 billion from 2019 through 2028, boosting the yearly commitment from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-israel-sign-record-military-aid-agreement-68159/

DefenceTalkThe United States and Georgia signed a security deal Wednesday designed to shore up the former Soviet republic’s defences against Russia as it waits to join NATO. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili inked the agreement at a ceremony in Tbilisi just two days before the annual NATO summit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-and-georgia-sign-defence-partnership-67784/

DefenceTalkADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia: A multinational force including U.S. Marines partnered together for a large-scale NATO exercise in the Baltics demonstrating their ability to defend the alliance. Exercise Saber Strike 16 included U.S. Marines from Black Sea Rotational Force based in Romania, and Combat Logistics Regiment 2 out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. “We fight […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-nato-allies-conduct-large-scale-exercise-to-defend-baltics-67712/

DefenceTalkThe world’s biggest nuclear powers, the US and Russia, are slowly reducing their nuclear arsenals but are modernizing their capacities, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday. Nine states — the US, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea — had 15,395 nuclear warheads at the start of 2016, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-russia-cutting-nuke-arsenals-but-modernizing-study-67646/

DefenceTalkArmed Forces from 13 NATO countries, including Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force and Combat Logistics Regiment 2, will gather for Exercise Saber Strike. They are taking part in an annual exercise to improve their ability to quickly move troops and prepositioned equipment from caves in Norway wherever the next conflict should occur. “Operation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-nato-allies-converge-for-war-time-scenario-67629/

DefenceTalkCANADIAN FORCES BASE WAINWRIGHT, Canada: It is one of the few hours of darkness in Alberta, leaving the big grey brute in the sky without a shadow to cast. The C-130’s four turboprop engines cut through the clouds. When runway lights become visible on the horizon, he pitches his nose downward and descends. Cradled in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-uk-forces-join-canada-armys-largest-military-exercise-67579/

DefenceTalkLess than six miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, the 30 U.S. and South Korean heavy artillery vehicles lined up, May 10, were the largest coordinated artillery fires many had seen. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, participated in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-artillery-coordinate-fires-near-dmz-67493/

DefenceTalkExercise Noble Partner 16 kicked off, May 11, beginning the 14-day training featuring Soldiers assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Georgian Soldiers assigned to 4th Armor Brigade and Soldiers from the United Kingdom 3d Rifles. “We are happy to host you in Georgia and to be part of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-uk-georgian-soldiers-cultivate-capabilities-in-exercise-noble-partner-67477/

DefenceTalkMonths of training by the German Armed Forces in combined arms warfare, middle intensity conflict techniques and standard tasks focused on crowd riot control techniques culminated at Camp Prizren, May 6-7, during Operation Sharp Griffin. The multinational exercise was conducted over a 36-hour timeframe and centered on multiple complex situations, such as; air infiltration and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-german-forces-evaluate-operational-readiness-67435/

DefenceTalkA United States Navy destroyer operating in international waters in the Baltic Sea experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft April 11 and 12. USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) encountered multiple, aggressive flight maneuvers by Russian aircraft that were performed within close proximity of the ship. On April 11, Donald Cook was conducting deck landing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-ship-encounters-aggressive-russian-aircraft-in-baltic-sea-67250/