U.S. deploys F-16s to Bulgaria for yet another Black Sea exercise
NATO Chief Meets with Egyptian, Israeli Foreign Ministers at Alliance Headquarters
NATO chief meets with Egyptian, Israeli foreign ministers at alliance headquarters
Report: US To Sell 250 Abrams Battle Tanks to Poland
Reports have surfaced that the Polish Defense Ministry is planning to purchase 250 M1 Abrams tanks from the U.S. The Abrams is a third-generation American battle tank used in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Defense News, citing a Polish source, reported on the...
One Nation, Three States: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan To Hold Joint Military Exercise
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov recently announced that his nation, Pakistan and Turkey will hold a trilateral military exercise in September: “According to the order of the President of Azerbaijan, three brother countries will conduct the joint drills....
Germany Provides NATO Ally Turkey With First of Six Submarines
Earlier this year the first German-designed submarine purchased by Turkey left its dock and will join the Turkish navy next year. It is one of six Reis-class submarines to be constructed at the Golchuk Naval Shipyard in Izmir in a deal that will net German death...
Black Sea Drills: US, 31 Partners Back Ukraine ‘On Front Lines of Russian Aggression’
The two-week, multinational Sea Breeze war games concluded on July 10. This year’s iteration included a record number of participating nations, 32, including for the first time military partners outside of Europe and North America. Military personnel and equipment...
Turkish-Ukrainian Combat Drone First Capable of Firing Air-Launched Cruise Missile
The Turkish press has been running stories about the domestically-produced Akıncı (sometimes AKINCI) unmanned combat aerial vehicle recently having established a Turkish aviation record for altitude by flying at a height of over 38,000 feet and remaining in the air...
Three Seas Initiative: Latest Phase of Intermariam Project to Cordon Off Russia from Europe
Three Seas Initiative: latest phase of Intermariam project to cordon off Russia from Europe
Turkish Leader to Celebrate Invasion of Cyprus with Visit on Anniversary
“We are in Libya, we are in Azerbaijan, we are in Syria, we are in the eastern Mediterranean, and we will continue to be.” That brusque assertion was made on July 2 by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a factory that manufactures howitzers and ammunition...
Belarus: NATO Increasingly Building Up Its Offensive Potential on Our Border
At a ceremony honoring graduates of his nation’s higher military schools, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko lauded the role of officers in the armed forces as being “highly qualified specialists, commanders and chiefs capable of resisting any aggressive...