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The UK’s cross-party House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee (IRDC) released a trenchant rebuke of the Government’s strategic policy, as set forth in the 2021 Integrated Review and the Defence Command Paper, finding it had a ‘lack of clarity or purpose’ and held little detail for how the UK could achieve its defence ambitions.

Israeli company Xtend will supply its robotic operating system, which enables unmanned swarming, to the Israel Ministry of Defense (MoD).
The USD20 million multi-year contract is part of a joint project with the Israeli MoD called ‘Urban Capsule’, which seeks to accelerate and scale Xtend’s Operating System (XOS), Ido Bar-On, vice-president of business development and sales for Xtend, told Janes on 16 January.

Aero Vodochody has delivered back to the Czech Air Force the last of 16 overhauled and upgraded L-159 light fighters. (Aero Vodochody)
The Czech Republic Air Force (Vzdušné Sily Armády Ceské Republiky: VzS AČR) has received back into the service the last of 16 L-159A ALCA light attack and air-defence aircraft to be overhauled and upgraded by Aero Vodochody.

On Thursday, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin warned NATO that a Russian loss in Ukraine might lead to a nuclear war. In contrast, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church predicted the end of the world if the West sought to destroy Russia.
On the eve of a meeting of Ukraine’s partners to discuss delivering Kyiv more weapons, such apocalyptic rhetoric is being used to dissuade the U.S.-led NATO military alliance from becoming even more involved in the fight.

From Russia’s brutal re-invasion of Ukraine to China’s outraged response to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, 2022 had a profound impact on Taiwan’s national security. It was thus only fitting that the year would end with a consequential shift in the country’s defense policy. In a nationally televised address on Dec. 27, […]
The post Learning to Train: What Washington and Taipei Can Learn from Security Cooperation in Ukraine and the Baltic States  appeared first on War on the Rocks.

Fighters from the Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group in the Indian Ocean are sent to Singapore.
The Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group is currently conducting exercises with the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean. Simultaneously, three Rafale fighter aircraft deployed to Singapore aboard FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) as part of the Rastaban joint power projection exercise with the French Air Force.
As part of Mission Antares, an operational deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, the strike group departed Toulon Naval Base on November 15.

Perpetua Resources wants to revive this abandoned mine in the US state of Idaho. (Perpetua Resources)
US-based Perpetua Resources Corporation is trying to revive an abandoned mine in the state of Idaho that it says could eliminate the US military’s reliance on foreign – and potentially unreliable – sources for antimony, a critical mineral used to make ammunition and missiles.

China and Russia produce most of the world’s antimony, which has commercial and military applications.

The Fleet Solid Support ship class will be built to a design provided by BMT, featuring commonality with the UK Royal Navy’s Tide-class tankers. (UK MoD Crown Copyright)
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a GBP1.6 billion (USD1.97 billion) contract to Navantia UK, leading the Spanish/UK industry consortium Team Resolute, for the manufacturing phase of the UK’s new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships.

Hensoldt’s TRML-4D multifunctional surveillance and target acquisition sensor system is highly mobile and can be deployed within 10 minutes. (Hensoldt)
Hensoldt is to equip the Ukrainian military with two new TRML-4D radars.
According to a company announcement on 18 January, Ukraine will receive the new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars to strengthen its air defences.
Valued in the “two-digit million-euro range”, the company is expected to deliver the radars in the next three months.