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The leader of the pro-Russian Wagner Group private army endorsed a stinging criticism of Russia’s official military,
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use hypersonic missiles against Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week
Having recently committed to further Eurofighters under its Project Halcon programme, Spain may take up a follow-on buy as the air force looks to fully replace its Hornets over the coming years. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Airbus is confident that Spain will order further Eurofighter (C.16 in national service) combat aircraft, in addition to the Project Halcon jets contracted earlier in 2022.
The first of an initial 18 AW169 helicopters was delivered to the Austrian Air Force earlier in December. A further 18 are to be ordered, with all delivered by 2028. (Georg Mader)
Austria has signed a declaration of intent (DOI) with Italy to acquire an additional 18 Leonardo AW169 medium-twin helicopters.
Austrian Minister of Defence Klaudia Tanner and her Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto signed the DOI on 21 December, during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first of the initial batch of 18 helicopters at Langenlebarn Air Base, north of Vienna.
Lockheed Martin’s company Sikorsky has filed a formal protest to oppose the US Army’s recent decision on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract award.
The protest has been filed with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review its decision.
The US Army has recently closed the FLRAA competition by awarding a contract to Textron’s subsidiary Bell Textron.
Bell, earlier this month, revealed that its V-280 Valor has been selected as Army’s next-generation assault aircraft to replace existing UH-60M Black Hawk medium-lift utility helicopter.
A composite image of KRI
Halasan
and KRI
Kerambit
, conducting sea trials as part of a commodore inspection process.
(PT PAL)
Indonesia’s state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has fully integrated the BAE Systems Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun on the country’s third and fourth KCR-60M-class fast attack craft (FAC), KRI Halasan (630) and KRI Kerambit (627).
The milestone was marked with a commodore inspection on 27 December.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a wake-up call for European countries. Against the backdrop of a systemic shift in European security, Italy has accelerated a process of force modernization and defense policy review. Indeed, Italy’s military expenditure has been rising since 2015, reaching an estimated budget of 28.7 billion euros ($30.4 billion) this year, or […]
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According to a report by investigative journalist Jack Murphy that was released Sunday, the CIA has been using the intelligence services of a European NATO country to conduct sabotage attacks in Russian territory since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The report cites multiple unnamed former US intelligence and military officials.
While the report states that no US personnel are on the ground in Russia, it does confirm that the operations are being directed by the CIA with the use of an ally’s intelligence which adds a second layer of plausible deniability.
Moscow has pushed hard against Bakhmut for nearly six months but has achieved little at the cost of thousands of troops and hundreds of weapon systems.
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