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Upton House Upton, Dorset © Mike FahertyDefenceTalkPresident Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Thursday to send powerfully armed infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, marking a new phrase of Western military support to repel Russia’s invasion. Germany will also follow the United States in sending a state-of-the-art Patriot missile system to Ukraine to help ward off Russian air attacks. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/white-house-says-us-germany-to-send-ukraine-armored-vehicles-79703/
DefenceTalkThe Polish government on Wednesday signed a deal to buy 116 Abrams tanks from the United States as it builds up its army amid the war raging in neighboring Ukraine. The sale had been approved by the US State Department in December. “We are strengthening the iron fist of the Polish Army… to efficiently deter […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-signs-deal-for-abrams-tanks-from-us-79694/
DefenceTalkFreshly arrived at Cincu army training camp, 120mm cannons loaded on French tanks are already booming out across the muddy firing range as NATO bolsters its forces in Romania, a member country bordering Ukraine. “The Ukrainian crisis shows that what’s going on in the east can threaten all of Europe. We’re showing that NATO is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-tanks-join-nato-defensive-line-in-romania-79658/
DefenceTalkFrance is planning its biggest ever military exercise involving 12,000 troops, including NATO allies, in the first half of next year, a commander at the chiefs of staff said Tuesday. The scenario calls for a major conflict with an unspecified foreign state to be played out, said Yves Metayer, commander of the troop deployment division […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-conduct-biggest-ever-war-games-in-2023-79603/
DefenceTalkThe Israeli government on Sunday confirmed Major General Herzi Halevi, a former military intelligence head who led forces along the Gaza border, as the country’s next military chief. Halevi, 54, who serves as deputy to outgoing Chief of General Staff Aviv Kohavi, will take charge of Israel’s armed forces on January 17, Prime Minister Yair […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-names-herzi-halevi-as-next-army-chief-79539/
DefenceTalkMexican lawmakers on Friday approved a plan to put the National Guard under military control — a move that critics say hands too much power to the armed forces. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador created the new security force in 2019 with a civilian command to replace federal police accused of corruption and human rights […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mexican-lawmakers-approve-contentious-security-reform-79382/
DefenceTalkPresident Vladimir Putin attended large-scale military exercises on Tuesday involving China and several other Russia-friendly countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told local news agencies. Putin was meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov at the Sergeevski military range and could observe the final phase of the military exercises later, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-attends-military-exercises-with-chinese-forces-kremlin-79329/
DefenceTalkThe Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems hosted a two-day demonstration event at JBLM August 24 and 25, highlighting state-of-the-art communications and visual augmentation technology integrated into U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles as well as Soldiers’ individual combat gear. The event was part of the ongoing development of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System — […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-tests-integrated-augmented-reality-tech-with-stryker-vehicles-79295/
DefenceTalkOne hundred New York National Guard airmen, including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing, are participating in exercises with their Brazilian air force counterparts through Aug. 31. The U.S. airmen are operating from the Brazilian air force base at Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, as part of Exercise Tapio, a Brazilian search and rescue […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-york-guard-trains-with-brazilian-military-79291/
DefenceTalkWithin Slovakia’s BOV 8×8 program Patria will contribute to the development of the local engineering and defence industry with transferring high-end armored modular vehicle technical experience and innovations. Geographically, the industrial cooperation covers Slovakia widely. The program will create educational benefits and jobs that provide work for decades, including life cycle services that come after […]https://www.defencetalk.com/slovakia-and-finland-sign-an-agreement-on-patria-amvxp-8x8-vehicles-79283/
