Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Space Force sticks with Rocket Lab despite curse of unlucky 13
Space payloads usually cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and their loss can be a huge setback for their operators. Launcher reliability is ...
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PODCAST: German Chinook engine support, South American funding update and radar that ‘hears’
Welcome to Episode 38 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
Unmanned Vehicles
Protector takes to the skies
The first MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPAS for the RAF (designated Protector RG Mk1) successfully completed its first flight in the US on 25 September, the UK ...
Training
Thailand signs on the dotted line for Texan IIs
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has officially ordered 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft and associated services from Textron Aviation Defense, in a direct ...
Naval Warfare
OCEA launches research vessel for Nigeria
A new vessel for the Nigerian Navy was launched on 24 September at the OCEA shipyard in Les Sables d'Olonne, France. The hydrographic research vessel ...
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What is the Tor-M1?
To learn more about our Defence Insight service, arrange a free trial. With Western officials suggesting that Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was hit by ...
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Defence Notes
US F-16 crashes near Las Vegas
5th April 2018
A US F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near Las Vegas, the third US military aircraft crash in two days. 'An air force F-16 assigned ...
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Naval Warfare
Pentagon flags LCS for 'significant' cost growth
4th April 2018
The US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is one of two programmes to trigger a per unit cost growth breach the Pentagon is warning lawmakers. ...
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Defence Notes
US reaches decision on Syria pullout
4th April 2018
The White House said Wednesday that the US military mission in Syria was 'coming to a rapid end' but indicated no timetable for a withdrawal. Days ...
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Defence Notes
Cargo-packed Dragon arrives at ISS
4th April 2018
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived on 4 April at the International Space Station (ISS), packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts ...
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Defence Notes
Trump vows to deploy military to Mexican border
4th April 2018
US President Donald Trump on 3 April vowed to deploy the military to secure the US's southern border, as a caravan of Central American migrants ...
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Land Warfare
Turkey to receive Russian S-400 missiles in July 2019
4th April 2018
Turkey and Russia have agreed to bring forward to July 2019 the delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to Ankara, a Turkish official said, ...
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Defence Helicopter
US accelerates CV-22 stationing in Japan
4th April 2018
Five Bell-Boeing CV-22 Ospreys belonging to the USAF were unloaded from a ship at the port of Yokohama in Japan on 4 April. This is significant because the ...
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Naval Warfare
Opinion: Indo-Pacific navies flex muscles in the shadows of coast guards
4th April 2018
With maritime law enforcement agencies sailing to the frontline of maritime flashpoints in the Indo-Pacific, accompanied by an increasing frequency of involvement by maritime militia ...
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Land Warfare
Russia, Turkey agree to speed up delivery of S-400s
3rd April 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on 3 March he had agreed with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speed up the delivery of S-400 air ...
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Defence Notes
Pilot dies in Myanmar military plane crash
3rd April 2018
A Myanmar pilot died on 3 April after a ‘technical failure’ caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in the centre ...
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Defence Notes
Baltic states to ask for greater protection from Russia
3rd April 2018
Baltic state leaders will ask the US to send more troops and bolster air defences on NATO's eastern flank to deter Russia when they meet ...
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Land Warfare
Russia slams Poland's 'militarisation' after Patriot missile deal
3rd April 2018
Russia on 29 March condemned what it called Poland's ‘progressive militarisation’ after Warsaw said recently it had signed a deal on buying a US Patriot ...
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Land Warfare
AUSA Global: Army steps up timetable to link THAAD and Patriot
2nd April 2018
The US Army is accelerating plans to integrate the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar with the lower-tier Patriot system to better protect troops and assets from ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: UK military to get Carter
2nd April 2018
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is beloved of acronyms and abbreviations and in recent weeks a new one reportedly entered common use - ABC ...
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Defence Notes
Taiwan’s MND releases report on military capability
2nd April 2018
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released the English-language version of its National Defense Report. As the 14th periodical report, it covers May 2016 to ...
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Military Logistics
Study underway to examine US mobility requirements
1st April 2018
United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), together with the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation organisation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, have begun a ...
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Naval Warfare
South Korea deploys warship to Ghana after pirates kidnap sailors
1st April 2018
South Korea has deployed a warship to the sea off Ghana after three South Korean sailors were kidnapped by pirates, Seoul's foreign ministry said late ...
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Defence Notes
AUSA Global: Army lethality focus on ‘Close Combat 100,000’
31st March 2018
As one of the US Amy’s new ‘6 + 2’ cross functional teams (CFT) the Soldier Lethality CFT is focusing its initial efforts on that ...
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Land Warfare
AUSA Global: Army moving out on high-energy laser development
29th March 2018
The US Army is moving forward with plans to field a 50 kW high-energy laser on a 8x8 Stryker vehicle in FY2023, if not quicker, and ...
