DefenceTalkChina’s deployment of J-16D fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone this week marked the first sighting of the new high-tech warplanes, Taipei confirmed Tuesday, their electronic-jamming equipment posing a fresh threat to the island. Taiwan lives under the constant specter of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled, democratic island as part of its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-high-tech-warplanes-pose-big-new-threat-to-taiwan-77763/

DefenceTalkThe United States put 8,500 troops on alert Monday over the growing tension in Ukraine and President Joe Biden called European allies in an effort to maintain Western unity against Russian pressure. The European Union, meanwhile, urged allies to avoid a “nervous breakdown” in the face of fears that Russia could stage a full-scale invasion […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-puts-troops-on-alert-over-ukraine-biden-calls-allies-77748/

DefenceTalkChina sent 39 warplanes — mostly fighter jets — into Taiwan’s air defence zone on Sunday, the island’s government said, in the second-largest daily incursion on record. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled, democratic island as part of its territory to eventually be reclaimed, by force if […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-sends-second-largest-incursion-of-jets-into-taiwan-defence-zone-77737/

DefenceTalkNATO on Friday rejected a Russian demand for the alliance to withdraw troops from eastern European members Bulgaria and Romania. “NATO will not renounce our ability to protect and defend each other, including with the presence of troops in the eastern part of the Alliance. Russia’s demands would create first- and second-class NATO members, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-rejects-russian-demand-to-withdraw-troops-from-bulgaria-romania-77730/

DefenceTalkGeneva, the neutral turf that was once host to so much Cold War bargaining, is again welcoming Russian and US officials to discuss missiles, nuclear arms and spheres of influence on the eve of a possible conflagration. There is a heavy whiff of the 20th-century East-West power struggles in the Swiss capital, a flashback to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cold-war-flashbacks-in-russia-us-talks-in-geneva-77727/

DefenceTalkMutinous troops in restive Burkina Faso arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday and detained him in army barracks a day after staging an uprising, security sources told AFP. Soldiers at several army bases across the West African country rebelled on Sunday, demanding the sacking of the military top brass and more resources to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/burkina-faso-president-arrested-by-mutinous-soldiers-security-sources-77743/

DefenceTalkThe United States has given the green light for Baltic nations to rush US-made weapons to Ukraine, with Lithuania on Thursday saying it hoped to deter “aggressor” Russia. A State Department official in Berlin, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken is holding crisis talks on Ukraine, said Washington was “expediting authorized transfers of US-origin equipment […]https://www.defencetalk.com/baltic-states-authorized-to-rush-us-made-weapons-to-ukraine-77709/

DefenceTalkRomanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday welcomed French counterpart Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of a possible troop deployment on NATO’s Eastern flank as fears rise of a Russian attack on Ukraine. Macron on Wednesday expressed France’s “readiness to go further, and within the framework of NATO to commit to new missions … in particular in Romania”. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/romania-ready-to-host-french-troops-president-77712/

DefenceTalkRussia sees no reason to hold a new round of security talks with the West in the coming days following a lack of progress during ongoing negotiations, a top diplomat said Thursday. “I do not see reasons to sit down in the coming days, to gather again and start the same discussions,” Deputy Foreign Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sees-no-point-in-further-west-talks-soon-lead-negotiator-77682/

DefenceTalkNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia on Monday of “severe costs” if it launches a further attack on Ukraine, saying he hoped crunch talks could chart a way towards a diplomatic solution. “We are working hard for a peaceful political path and we are ready to continue to work with Russia to try to find […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-chief-warns-russia-of-severe-costs-if-ukraine-attacked-77650/