COLOGNE, Germany — The German government will buy three HIMARS launchers from U.S. military stocks and give them to Ukraine, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in Washington. The swap essentially follows through on a weapons transfer workaround designed when the fate of a $61 billion bill for military aid to Ukraine was still iffy in […]
The US transferred thousands of machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine last week, US Central Command announced on Tuesday. Ukraine has been suffering from shortages of weapons and munitions on the battlefield in its war against Russia, with the US unable to […]
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has signed a deal to buy anti-tank grenade launchers from Sweden’s Saab in a deal worth around 6.5 billion zlotys ($1.63 billion), its Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Monday. This year Poland is spending about 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence as it seeks to strengthen its armed […]
France has provided Ukraine with two additional LRU rocket launchers, the French version of the American M270 multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS), according to comments by French General Jean-Michel Guilloton to the French Defense Ministry’s press service on Jan. 25. The launchers were provided to Ukraine as part of the “Artillery for Ukraine” coalition, an initiative […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers in Yemen that were prepared to fire, according to two U.S. officials. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations, said the strikes were carried out by F/A-18 aircraft […]
An IDF report says that top-quality Chinese weapons are in use by Hamas in Gaza. The stockpile includes assault rifles, grenade launchers, and advanced communications equipment. Israeli intelligence had observed an upgrade in equipment used by Hamas. Hamas has a large stockpile of Chinese weaponry in Gaza, including assault rifles, grenade launchers, and advanced communications […]