DefenceTalkThe United States on Monday suspended all military engagements with Russia because of the crisis in Ukraine, including military exercises and port visits, as part of Washington’s response to Moscow’s seizure of Crimea. The announcement from the Pentagon came hours after President Barack Obama warned the U.S. government will look at a series of economic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-halts-military-engagements-with-russia-over-ukraine-crisis-58904/

DefenceTalkChina’s growing military might is forcing its neighbors to ramp up their defence spending but it will be decades before it rivals the United States as a military superpower, the IISS think tank said Wednesday. Chinese military spending might match that of the US by the 2030s, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-military-rise-forcing-asian-defense-splurge-50266/

DefenceTalkResearchers from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine have teamed up with the Trainee Health Surveillance Flight 559th Medical Group’s Basic Military Training Team at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to determine whether increased vitamin D and calcium intake can improve bone health in military personnel. Stress fractures and musculoskeletal injuries are among […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-conducting-joint-study-to-improve-bone-health-in-military-personnel-50038/

DefenceTalkChina is considering reorganizing its seven military regions into five in a bid to respond more swiftly to a crisis, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Wednesday. The news comes amid rising tensions over Beijing’s territorial claims in the region, with China and Japan squaring off over a chain of uninhabited islands in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-mulls-revamping-military-regions-japan-report-50010/

DefenceTalkPacifist Japan will adopt new defence guidelines next week paving the way for its military to respond more quickly and forcefully to perceived threats from China and North Korea, officials said Thursday. The government of conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will approve rules intended to help air, land and sea forces work together more effectively […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-to-boost-military-amid-row-with-china-49925/

DefenceTalkThe US Army has for the first time successfully tested a vehicle-mounted laser that managed to shoot down incoming mortar rounds and drone aircraft, officials said Thursday. Installed in a dome-shaped turret atop a military vehicle, the high-energy laser hit more than 90 mortar bombs and several small unmanned planes over a six-week test at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-reveals-laser-can-down-drones-mortars-49923/

DefenceTalkChina hit back at the US Thursday over a document that called Beijing’s growing military a threat to Washington’s armed dominance in Asia, accusing its authors of a “Cold War mentality”. China’s military spending is soaring and the modernisation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “is altering the security balance in the Asia-Pacific, challenging decades […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-blasts-us-panel-for-cold-war-thinking-49701/

DefenceTalkChina and Malaysia will hold their first-ever joint military exercises next year, the Southeast Asian nation’s defence minister said Wednesday, despite their rival claims to the tense South China Sea. The announcement by Hishammuddin Hussein, who is in Beijing to meet Chinese military leaders, follows a visit to Kuala Lumpur earlier this month by China’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-malaysia-to-hold-joint-military-drills-49533/

DefenceTalkThe US military has invested billions in blimp-like aircraft to track militants planting roadside bombs but the spyship experiment is losing altitude because of technical failures and changing priorities. The lighter-than-air projects were billed as an innovative revival of an old aircraft design to conduct “unblinking” surveillance on the battlefield — at a fraction of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-militarys-airship-programs-lose-altitude-49487/

DefenceTalkThe head of Russia’s air force, General Viktor Bondarev, met his Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss boosting military cooperation between the countries, local media reported Monday. Talks centred on “electronic listening systems, radar and missiles,” Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, head of Khatam-ol-Anbia Air Defence Base, said in comments quoted by daily Sharq. Esmaili also […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-holds-talks-with-russia-to-boost-military-cooperation-49442/