2017-04-01 According to defenceWeb, the next stop on the visit of a Russian naval task force has been Nambia. The Russian Federation Navy’s Northern Fleet detachment is currently in Namibia on a historic visit. The detachment paid its first ever visit to Namibia on 25 March, docking in Walvis Bay. The…
2017-03-24 By Dean Wingrin, defenceWeb The Russian Federation Navy’s Northern Fleet detachment, including the Severomorsk large anti-submarine destroyer, paid a surprise visit to the Port of Cape Town. The Severomorsk, an Udaloy I (Project1155) class ASW Destroyer, together with the Altay (Ingul, Project 1453, class rescue tug) and Dubna replenishment tanker…
2017-03-24 By Oscar Nkala, defenceWeb The Turkish Army will open its largest foreign military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu next month during a ceremony expected to be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Army General Staff Chief General Hulusi Akar as well as top Somali government officials. According…
2017-03-22 By Robbin Laird and Kenneth Maxwell The strategic certainties and alliances of the post Cold War world are all now facing severe challenges. The certainties of the period of globalization are clearly contested on many fronts. The causes of this crisis are multiple. Some see the causes as originating…
03/20/2017: Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, met with Indonesia’s Minister for Defence Ryamizard Ryacudu on March 17, 2017 in Sydney for the annual Indonesia-Australia Defence Ministers’ meeting. [maxgallery id="95433"] Minister Payne said Australia and Indonesia have a long-standing and productive bilateral defence relationship that supports our mutual interests…
2017-03-06 By Richard Weitz According to the China Ministry of Finance, the declared defense budget of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) now exceeds one trillion yuan, up from last year’s figure of 950 billion yuan. The declared sum of 1.044 trillion yuan amounts to some $151 billion on international…
2017-03-08 According to an article published by defenceWeb: A day after taking over medical evacuation duties from the Royal Netherlands Air Force in Mali, a pair of German NH90 helicopters carried out a medical evacuation in support of the MINUSMA mission there. The first NH90 helicopter configured for medical evacuation…
2017-03-06 In an article published on the Italian Ministry of Defence website on February 22, 2017, the first official visit of an Italian Minister of Defence to Australia was discussed. With the coming of the F-35 to the Avalon Air Show in early March, the two countries are key partners…
