Defence`s Feeds

Despite Belarusian involvement in Russia's military campaign (IO, 17/01/23), Ukrainian middlemen intervened to reduce the number of Belarusian entities put

Americas The United States will no longer pursue a plan to deploy the US Army’s Strategic Mid-Range Fires (SMRF) System in Japan. The US Indo-Pacific Command had proposed under its Pacific Deterrence Initiative to deploy these intermediate-range missiles to the first island chain as a conventional deterrent to China. Japan’s recent decision to acquire long-range […]

On 25 January, SEDE Members will exchange views with Simonetta GRASSI, Head of the UNOCD Firearms Trafficking Section. Firearms trafficking is one the major global concerns that affects all parts of the world. Illicit firearms, organised crime and armed conflict are often intertwined and can lead to escalating violence and hindering governance.
The debate will therefore focus on global trends in arms trafficking, and initiatives that can be taken to at European and international level to address this problem including the implementation of the UN Firearms Protocol. Main achievements and further mitigation measures to be implemented in the EU's neighbourhood, notably in Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova, including through strengthening cooperation between CSDP missions, Europol and Frontex, will also be discussed.
Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

On 25 January, Swedish Minister of Defence Pål JONSON, will present to SEDE Members priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council in the area of security and defence. In the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the debate will focus in particular on ways to address the most urgent needs by increasing supply of heavy combat equipment to Ukrainian armed forces.
This will require boosting the European Peace Facility and implementing the proposed instrument allowing for joint procurement of military equipment - the EDIRPA. In relation with the EU's support in providing lethal military equipment for Ukraine, a regular in camera exchange of views with the EEAS services on the European Peace Facility, including the Clearing House mechanism, will take place the same day.
Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

Intelligence Online has learned that Vladimir Putin decided to ignore the findings of a secret probe launched last year into deputy defence ministers Timur Ivanov and Alexei Krivoruchko for suspected corruption, making it clear that the Russian president still supports

After being banished from Facebook in December (IO, 29/12/22), Lavina Pulse, the Russian open source intelligence, or OSINT firm, that other US

French Minister for the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire is, according to our sources, to attend the opening of

United Kingdom/United States: Britain buddies up with US Space ForceIn its report "Defence Space: through adversity to the stars?", published

A Ukrainian national recently had his application for French nationality refused after the French domestic intelligence service, the Direction Generale

Béatrice C. is to step down as head of the Probity department of Tracfin, the French financial intelligence service, in

Former British prime minister Liz Truss, who, after just 49 days in office, holds the record as the shortest-serving prime

Americas The United States and the Philippines vowed Friday to “invigorate” defense cooperation to address shared security concerns including disputes over the South China Sea. Manila hosted a high-level security dialogue with its top defense ally as part of efforts by President Ferdinand Marcos to restore a seven-decade partnership that was unsettled by his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. The […]

The Aggressors are bringing new capabilities to the fight, so they can better replicate new threats and train US and allied forces to counter them. The first two “new” F-16s for the 18th Aggressor Squadron [...]

The post U.S. Air Force And Navy Aggressors Receive Upgraded F-16Cs From Air National Guard appeared first on The Aviationist.

Omri Raiter's Israeli open source intelligence (OSINT) firm Rakia Group (IO, 28/04/22) has been busy recruiting business development experts to

The arrest of businesswoman Truong My Lan has triggered top-level discussions between the Vietnamese and Chinese authorities. Vietnam's public security ministry has

Located just south of Broadway, the Potbelly Sandwich Shop is always full during the very short lunch period enjoyed by

During the last 10 months of fighting, the Belarusian Kalinovsky Regiment's feats on the Ukrainian battlefield have won it the

Gao Xiang's appointment as head of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in October (IO, 21/10/22) is another piece

Russian and British dual national Ildar Uzbekov has recently been caught up in a legal battle before the London High Court. The

On 11 January, when spymaster Abbas Kamel was summoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss civil aviation projects in