DefenceTalkThe Kremlin on Monday said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The West condemned Putin’s weekend announcement on placing the weapons in EU and NATO-bordering Belarus, triggering calls for new sanctions on Moscow. Ukraine said it was seeking an emergency meeting of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kremlin-says-wont-change-plans-on-belarus-nuclear-weapons-79998/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea claimed Friday it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”, as it blamed recent US-South Korea exercises for a deteriorating regional security situation. Pyongyang carried out military drills of its own in response this week, the official Korean Central News Agency said, including test-firing a new nuclear-capable […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-tested-new-underwater-nuclear-attack-drone-79980/

DefenceTalkThe Chinese military said it warned a US warship to “leave” waters in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday, claims swiftly denied as “false” by American forces. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea — a strategic waterway through which trillions of dollars in trade pass annually — despite an international […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-says-warned-us-warship-to-leave-s-china-sea-79976/

DefenceTalkNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday dismissed Russian complaints about Britain’s announcement that it will send Ukraine ammunition containing depleted uranium. Moscow on Wednesday warned of a “serious” escalation of the Ukraine crisis if London gives Kyiv the armour piercing rounds. “NATO allies are following international rules and international law in everything they do in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-rejects-russian-complaints-on-uk-uranium-ammo-79972/

DefenceTalkThe Russian navy “repelled” a drone attack on the port of Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea early Wednesday, officials said. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said two women, who shot down two of the three drones, will be awarded and given cash bonuses. The peninsula, seized by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, is home to Moscow’s Black […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-repelled-drone-attack-on-crimea-port-79968/

DefenceTalkForty years after US president Ronald Reagan stunned the nation and world with his “Star Wars” plan to take nuclear competition into outer space, a new battle of the satellites has emerged in the stratosphere. Largely because it far outpaced technology at the time, very little became of Reagan’s March 23, 1983 declaration that the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/reagans-star-wars-at-40-battle-of-the-satellites-79964/

DefenceTalkFew expect Chinese President Xi Jinping’s diplomacy to yield breakthroughs on the Ukraine war. But in Washington, there are fears Beijing may succeed elsewhere — in winning credibility on the world stage. Xi pushed forward positions on Ukraine during two days of talks in Moscow, a week after China announced the restoration of ties between […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-diplomatic-offensive-lays-down-new-challenge-for-us-79957/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired a “long-range ballistic missile” Thursday, Seoul said, as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol headed to Tokyo for a summit to boost ties in the face of Pyongyang’s growing aggression. The launch was North Korea’s third show of force since Sunday and came as South Korea and the United States staged their […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-long-range-missile-as-s-korea-president-heads-to-japan-79947/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Tuesday, Seoul said, Pyongyang’s second launch in three days and the first since South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in five years. Washington and Seoul have ramped up defence cooperation in the face of growing military and nuclear threats from the North, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-two-ballistic-missiles-seoul-says-79943/

DefenceTalkAustralia has unveiled plans to buy up to five US nuclear-powered submarines, then build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to bulk up Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face of a rising China. The announcement came Monday at an event at a San Diego, California, naval base […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-to-buy-us-nuclear-subs-in-ambitious-new-pact-79939/