DN - Defence Notes
Italy ready to join coalition of European militaries
Italy said on 19 September that it would be joining a coalition of European militaries ready to react to crises near the continent's borders, as ...
MLF - Military Logistics
UAE follows Saudi in joining US-led Gulf flotilla
The UAE followed Saudi Arabia on 19 September in joining a US-led force to protect Gulf shipping as tensions with Iran soared following twin attacks ...
DN - Defence Notes
German probe opens into suspected internal spying at Airbus
German prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected internal spying by employees of European aviation giant Airbus over two arms projects, sources said on 18 ...
DN - Defence Notes
Britain launches security probe into Cobham takeover
The UK launched a national security probe into a £4 billion ($5 billion) takeover bid for British defence group Cobham by a US private equity ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in France
20th September 2019
An F-16 jet of the Belgian Air Component crashed on 19 September in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting but one spending two hours ...
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DN - Defence Notes
NATO backs US Afghan peace efforts
4th September 2019
NATO ‘fully supports’ American efforts to find peace in Afghanistan, the alliance chief said on 2 September after talks with US Secretary of State Mike ...
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DN - Defence Notes
US, ASEAN kick off first joint naval drills
2nd September 2019
The US and ten Southeast Asian countries kicked off maritime drills on Monday, as part of a joint exercise extending into the flashpoint South China ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Japan defence ministry seeks record budget
30th August 2019
Japan's defence ministry on 30 August requested a record $50.3 billion budget to fund purchases of fighter jets and missile defence as the country eyes ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
China cancels US ship port call amid tensions
28th August 2019
China has refused another planned port call by a US warship amid soaring tensions between the Pacific powers on trade, a US official said on ...
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DN - Defence Notes
South Korea to scrap military intel-sharing pact with Japan
22nd August 2019
South Korea said on 22 August that it would terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan – a move Tokyo immediately protested against – in ...
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DN - Defence Notes
US approves sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan
21st August 2019
The US State Department on 20 August approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Iran caught UK by surprise in Gulf: audio company
23rd July 2019
The man behind the audio recording of Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf says the episode played out over a 20-40 minute ...
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DN - Defence Notes
South Korea says warning shots fired at intruding Russian warplane
23rd July 2019
South Korean fighter jets fired nearly 400 warning shots at a Russian military aircraft on 22 July after it violated the country's airspace, with Seoul ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Turkey receives first delivery of Russian S-400
12th July 2019
Turkey has received the first batch of Russia's S-400 missile defence system, despite repeated warnings from its United States NATO ally against the purchase. ‘The ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Iran attempts to seize British tanker
11th July 2019
Armed Iranian boats attempted to seize a British tanker in strategic Gulf waters on 10 July but were driven off by a Royal Navy frigate, ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Erdogan says US refusal to deliver F-35 jets would be 'robbery'
4th July 2019
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said it would be 'robbery' for the US to deny Turkey the F-35 fighter jets it has bought, according ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Electrical engineer found guilty in China weapons tech export plot
4th July 2019
An electrical engineer in California has been convicted for his role in a scheme to export sensitive electronics with military uses to China, the US ...
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DN - Defence Notes
US senator says Libya shipments could end UAE arms sales
3rd July 2019
A Democratic senator warned 2 July that the United States could cut off arms sales to the UAE if proven that it shipped US missiles ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Submariners killed in Russia sub fire: defence ministry
3rd July 2019
Fourteen seamen have died in a fire on a deep submersible, Russia's defence ministry said on 2 July, adding the vessel was currently at a ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Swiss ban aerospace firm Pilatus from operating in Saudi, UAE
27th June 2019
On 26th June Switzerland banned aerospace firm Pilatus from further operating in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates after finding the Swiss company gave ...
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DN - Defence Notes
NATO agrees response to new Russia missile
27th June 2019
NATO on 26th June agreed a package of political and military measures to boost its defences against a controversial new Russian missile system. The alliance ...
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DN - Defence Notes
US cyber attack on Iran shrouded in digital 'fog of war'
27th June 2019
A claim by US officials that a retaliatory cyber-attack ordered by the White House crippled Iranian missile launching systems will remain almost impossible to substantiate, ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Pompeo holds talks in 'tariff king' India
26th June 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26th June, trying to chart a path that keeps the Asian ally ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Slovakia to meet NATO defence budget target by 2022
26th June 2019
Slovakia will increase its military budget to the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product by 2022, 2 years earlier than planned, President Zuzana ...
