Air Force
Tarang Shakti 2026: US F-35s went to India, Greece did not: “They didn’t let us see the cockpit”
Tarang Shakti 2026 ends on October 12. US F-35s took part in an exercise on Indian soil for the first…
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Politics & Diplomacy
Ukraine sanctions 70 officials in Iskander-M and Zircon missile production: Vlasiuk, “The responsibility is personal”
On Sunday, October 11, Ukraine imposed new sanctions targeting Russian ballistic missile production, sanctions evasion and collaborators in the occupied…
Analysis
Analysis: Military satellites in Greece and Turkey, Göktürk and İMECE against the Greek microsatellite swarm
Analysis: Turkey bet on a few large satellites with a military owner and a domestic industry; Greece on a dual-use…
Africa
Algeria: 61 Moroccans arrested for planning “acts of sabotage”, including a former soldier
Algerian authorities said on Sunday, October 11, that they arrested 61 Moroccan nationals earlier this month on suspicion of planning…
Europe
Poland: Suspect arrested over plot to assassinate Tusk and Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday, October 11, that a man accused of planning an assassination attack on him…
Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky on ABC: “60 days of total ceasefire, and we will organize elections”; the choice of leader is for Ukrainians, he tells Trump
Responding to Donald Trump’s call for a new president, Volodymyr Zelensky told ABC’s This Week on October 11 that only…
Middle East & North Africa
IRGC: three tankers hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz; ships with transponders switched off to be treated as “hostile”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said on October 11 that three tankers that violated its transit rules hit sea mines and…
Analysis
Analysis: Turkey wants SAMP/T, what France’s “Steel Dome” Aster system would mean for Greek Rafales, F-16s and FDI frigates
Analysis: If Turkey acquires the Franco-Italian SAMP/T NG, the problem for Greece would not be one more air-defence system, but…
Drones
US Coast Guard buys first 4 MQ-9B drones for $247.8 million
The US Coast Guard is buying MQ-9B long-range unmanned aircraft for the first time: four aircraft, ground control stations and…
Asia-Pacific
Greece-India: Dendias meets the Indian ambassador on strategic defence cooperation, while Gkikas discusses shipping and shipbuilding in New Delhi
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met India’s ambassador Ravi Shankar on October 10 to discuss deepening strategic defence cooperation, two days…
Cyprus
Lebanese Armed Forces chief officially visits Cyprus
General Rodolph Haykal, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, made an official visit to Cyprus from October 6 to 8…
Greece
Houthis claim new strikes on Riyadh and Dammam; Greek foreign ministry advises against travel to Saudi Arabia
Greece’s foreign ministry advised citizens on October 11 to avoid travel to Saudi Arabia unless absolutely necessary, the same day…