LAST UPDATE: 08:11 The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of $1.1 billion worth of military equipment, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles. The announcement came in the wake of Chinese military exercises around Taiwan following the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island last month […]
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The U.S. is sending VAMPIRE systems to Ukraine that convert rural areas into missile launchers
Of Eric Tegler Ukrainian forces are to receive an anti-aircraft and surface-to-ground precision missile system, which they can use from the back of a truck, SUV or trailer. The image of heavy weapons mounted on trucks is familiar to Americans who have seen nearly two decades of videos and photos of Taliban and ISIS fighters […]
US finds large increase in arms trade to Haiti and Caribbean
US authorities are seeing a sharp increase in arms smuggling to Haiti and the wider Caribbean, US officials said Wednesday, vowing to step up efforts to combat the trade, which is fueling a surge in gang violence in the West’s poorest country. hemisphere and the increase in crime in the region. Washington’s announcement came against […]
The ‘fake’ Russian robot dogs and the real armed robots
By David Hambling One of the “surprise stars” that appeared at the Russian trade show Army-22 was the robot dog carrying an anti-tank RPG-26. However, Twitter users quickly spotted that the ninja outfit he was in “disguise” was trying to hide a Go-1 robot manufactured by the Chinese company Unitree, and the armed robot dog […]
Turk confesses to illegally exporting US weapons designs to foreign nationals in Turkey
A Turkish man pleaded guilty today in Boston to charges that he attempted to illegally export defense technical data to foreign nationals in Turkey to fraudulently manufacture various United States military components in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. The US Department of Defense (DOD) later determined that some of the components were substandard […]
Taking advantage of US ‘silence’, China is following Russia’s lead in weapons of mass destruction
Of Craig Hooper As the Biden administration prepares to unveil a sharply revised and more Russia-focused national security strategy in the coming weeks, it’s no secret that the process of shaping America’s national security strategy has stalled. America’s strategic challenges are multifaceted, the formulation process is bureaucratically painful, and by the time America’s new grand […]
S. Arabia – Emirates: To buy anti-aircraft missiles from the US for $5 billion.
The US announced on Tuesday that it had approved potential sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of more than $5 billion worth of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and THAAD air defense systems. The State Department said in a statement that it notified Congress of its intention to advance the sale to Riyadh of […]
Vucic: ‘Serbia continues arms exports despite Antonov crash’
Serbia will continue to sell weapons to other countries, regardless of the crash in Greece of the Ukrainian plane carrying Serbian ammunition to Bangladesh, the President of the Republic, Aleksandar Vucic, said today. “We sell weapons to have higher salaries and pensions and we will continue to sell to Bangladesh and Cyprus and Togo and […]
Arms smuggling in Ukraine: EU fears ‘Yugoslavia scenario’
The EU today stepped up its cooperation with Moldova to help it control its border with Ukraine and prevent the risk of arms smuggling from the war-torn country. European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced the creation of a “support hub for internal security and border management in Moldova”, a candidate country for EU membership, […]
Moscow: ‘Weapons sent by the West to Ukraine end up on the black market’
Moscow claimed today that military equipment delivered by Western countries to Ukraine ends up on the arms black market, including in the Middle East. Some of the weapons delivered to Kyiv “went to the Middle East and also end up on the black market,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised speech. However, […]