Defence`s Feeds

Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the Office of Legal Counsel's (OLC) declaration that the Foreign Service Grievance Board is unconstitutional.

"The firing of Erik Slavin, editor of Stars and Stripes, is another brazen attempt by the Pentagon to dictate coverage of the military and should be immediately reversed."

The Department of the Army today announced its newest project under the Army's Strategic Capital Initiative (SCI) - a landmark collaboration with a FedEx Dataworks-led team of logistics and technology experts, to undertake a sweeping modernization of its domestic non-tactical logistics networks, supply chain procedures, and Organic Industrial Base (OIB) sites.

In a critical first step to modernize and secure global maritime environments, the Navy's Precision Strike Weapons program office (PMX-201) recently awarded two contracts for the development of the Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) weapon system.

US allies are increasingly questioning Washington's capacity to sustain major military conflicts in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia simultaneously, as the war with Iran depletes critical weapons stockpiles and undermines the credibility of American security guarantees, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Norway for UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $2.3 billion.

The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Italy for purchase of Guidance Section Single Variant Air-to-Air Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $364 million.

The absence of war in Afghanistan in the five years since the Taliban retook power as international forces withdrew from the country doesn't mean security for the Afghan people, according to a panel discussion hosted by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities have been forced to shut down.

A Russian drone attack on a shopping mall in the south-central Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih killed at least 16 people and left more than 100 others injured, including several children, local authorities said.

Close monitoring of the airspace, high speed and a high operational ceiling, agile maneuverability, and precise guidance and target engagement-these are the capabilities of Alexa Spatium, the first Ukrainian jet-powered drone interceptor added to the arsenal of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced Evgeniy Khmara, the new Minister of Defence, to the Ministry of Defence team.

As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo's history continued spreading on Friday, UN responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low.

Russia is set to begin production of floating firing points to guard St. Petersburg from Ukraine's marine and aerial drones, Leningrad's regional governor said on August 18.

Sergei Rasokhin says he spent two years in hiding before finally escaping military service in Russia and recently making it to safety in Armenia.

The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea for AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missiles and related equipment. The estimated total cost is $125 million.

US President Donald Trump said on August 21 that he did not think Iran was ready to make the "right deal" to end the conflict, adding that Washington was watching "what happens" next.

Offers of Iranian crude to Chinese buyers have fallen and prices have risen sharply as a US blockade restricts Tehran's oil exports, according to traders and ship-tracking data, Reuters reports.

An oil tanker under US sanctions for allegedly transporting Iranian petroleum products has been seized off Yemen and diverted toward Somalia, the latest sign of a resurgence in Somali piracy.

In an implicit warning about Iran's economic conditions, the country's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has said "no matter how much military power we have, if the people are hungry and we do not have financial activity, economic growth, and domestic production, we cannot survive."