Asia-Pacific
STARK and Thales Australia team up to build Cascade loitering munitions for the Bushmaster
On October 7 STARK announced a partnership with Thales Australia to develop, produce and supply loitering munitions in Australia, with…
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Balkans
EU enlargement: Montenegro has closed 21 of 33 chapters, Albania 4; what the Commission announced on the Western Balkans
The European Union provisionally closed three more accession negotiation chapters with Montenegro on Monday, October 12, and one with Albania…
Europe
MI5: Iran is now targeting military bases in Britain; more than 50 arrests in a year, Tehran speaks of a “false flag operation”
Iran has begun to target military installations in the United Kingdom, the head of MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, warned on…
Europe
Poland: Two Turkish nationals arrested in Germany over the arson of a Starlink station; Siemoniak: “Russian services behind the sabotage”
Polish authorities accused Russian intelligence services of setting fire to a Starlink ground station in Poland and announced the arrest…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: Strike on an Iskander-M launcher repair base in Kursk; overnight Russian attack with 108 drones and 5 missiles
Ukrainian forces struck a repair base for Iskander-M self-propelled launchers and transporter-loaders near the village of Kondrinka in Russia’s Kursk…
Balkans
Black Sea: Drones hit two merchant ships off Bulgaria, one sank; Radev calls it “absolutely unacceptable”
Two merchant ships were hit by drones overnight on Tuesday, October 13, in the Black Sea just outside Bulgaria’s territorial…
Greece
Guilfoyle: “The allegations are false”; the US ambassador confirms the end of her term in Athens
Kimberly Guilfoyle confirmed that her term as US ambassador to Greece is coming to an end and, for the first…
Air Force
Taiwan reports 19 Chinese military aircraft sorties, 13 crossing the Strait median line, in a “joint combat readiness patrol”
Taiwan's defence ministry says 13 of 19 PLA aircraft sorties on 9 October crossed the median line of the Taiwan…
Defense Industry
Lockheed Martin and Avio sign deal on solid rocket motors for ER GMLRS and PrSM missiles
Lockheed Martin will draw on Avio USA's new Virginia facility for rocket motors for ER GMLRS and PrSM, under a…
Greece
Israel returns 22 antiquities to Greece, a first in the two countries’ history, with the Israeli ambassador in Athens present
Twenty-two Greek antiquities that had left the country illegally have been returned from Israel. It is the first time the…
Europe
EU lists 1,569 Russian firms and executives in its largest sanctions package on the military-industrial complex
The Council of the EU has listed 826 Russian companies and 743 executives that supply Russia's arms industry, which it…
Asia-Pacific
Singapore and Brunei mark 50 years of defence ties with a Joint Parade at Muara Naval Base
Singapore and Brunei Darussalam held a Joint Parade with 256 personnel at Muara Naval Base on 10 October to mark…