HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Defence on Tuesday warned the Netherlands to restrain actions of its naval and air forces after the Netherlands’ defence ministry said that Chinese fighter jets approached a Dutch ship ‘unsafely’ in the East China Sea. “We strongly deplore the heinous nature of the Dutch side’s words and deeds, […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius plans to present his proposal for a new German military service model on Wednesday at both a press conference and before parliament’s Defence Committee. Pistorius has indicated he supports some form of compulsory military service, at least to a limited degree, a controversial issue in Germany. The country effectively abolished […]
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said it damaged three Russian surface-to-air defence systems overnight in missile attacks on the Moscow-occupied Crimea peninsula. The attacks struck an S-400 system in Dzhankoi and two less advanced S-300 systems near Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske resulting in “significant losses” for Russian air defences, Ukraine’s general staff said on Monday. Reuters could […]
The German Defence Ministry is planning for a significantly strengthened Bundeswehr or army reserve, to include up to 60,000 men and women, a top official for the army’s reservist affairs told dpa in Berlin. “I am convinced that we must fully adapt the reserve to the current security policy challenges so that it can properly […]
The German Defence Ministry is planning for a significantly strengthened Bundeswehr or army reserve, to include up to 60,000 men and women, a top official for the army’s reservist affairs told dpa in Berlin. “I am convinced that we must fully adapt the reserve to the current security policy challenges so that it can properly […]
German defence company KNDS says it is not in a position to deliver further weapons to Ukraine in the near future, according to managing director Ralf Ketzel. KNDS, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), manufactures arms, including Leopard 2 battle tanks, which Germany has been supplying to Kiev since the beginning of 2023. “The ability to deliver […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his government will support the defence industry and called for closer cooperation between producers in Europe as he opened a trade fair on Wednesday. “Today we see more clearly than ever how important it is to have a European and German defence industry that can continuously produce all major types […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his government will support the defence industry and called for closer cooperation between producers in Europe as he opened a trade fair on Wednesday. “Today we see more clearly than ever how important it is to have a European and German defence industry that can continuously produce all major types […]
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has repeated his call for a defence system against Russian air attacks on western Ukraine to be set up on NATO territory. Oleksii Makeiev wrote in an article for the German news site Zeit Online that Russian missiles and drones should be intercepted by weapon systems located on the other […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged a group of top defence officials at Asia’s premier security conference on Sunday to attend an upcoming conference on ending the Russian war on Ukraine. Mr Zelensky told the group of more than 500 delegates from about 40 countries that he was “disappointed” some world leaders had not yet confirmed […]
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun warned Sunday his military is ready to “forcefully” stop Taiwan independence but called for greater exchanges with the United States. The remarks at an annual security forum in Singapore followed the first substantive face-to-face talks in 18 months between the two countries’ defence chiefs. “We have always been open to […]
Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani is among the targets of a new round of EU sanctions on Iran for the Islamic Republic’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. European Union states agreed on Friday to adopt sanctions on six individuals and three Iranian entities for their role in the transfer of drones to Russia […]