French President Emmanuel Macron warned Friday that European nations “cannot remain spectators” in the face of a potential nuclear arms race and urged them to push an “international arms control agenda.” “Europeans must realize collectively that in the absence of a legal framework, they could rapidly face a new race for conventional weapons, even nuclear […]

The Belgian region of Wallonia, home to the FN Herstal and CMI arms plants, said Thursday it had halted weapons sales to Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry because of the war in Yemen. Confirming a report in the newspaper L’Echo, Wallonia said Minister-President Elio di Rupo had “the Yemen drama” in mind when refusing an export […]

Some 1,000 open investigations of Chinese technology theft now involve every FBI office in the United States, FBI Director Christopher Wray told guests at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Thursday. “Even as I stand here talking to you today, the FBI has about 1,000 investigations involving China’s attempted theft of US-based […]

Senior officials from the Department of Defense and U.S. Space Force provided the most specific details to date Feb. 5 for how the newly born Space Force is constructed, its structure and the philosophy guiding decisions for bringing the first new military service since 1947 into full reality. In broad terms, the Space Force must […]

The rebuilding of the U.S. military, the creation of the U.S. Space Force and attacks on terrorists were among the topics President Donald J. Trump covered in his State of the Union address. “Our military is completely rebuilt, with its power being unmatched anywhere in the world — and it is not even close,” the […]

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik): US President Donald Trump in his annual address to Congress called for immigration reforms and ending foreign wars, although the most notable aspect of the night was the palpable tension in the air on the eve of a historic impeachment vote. The annual US State of the Union is an opportunity for a […]

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik): The top US commander for the Middle East, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday for talks with senior leaders on the future of joint counter-terror operations in the country, Iraqi officials said in separate statements. “Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi today received General Kenneth McKenzie,” the prime minister’s office […]

U.S. forces operating in remote, under-governed regions around the world often find that an area’s distinct cultural and societal practices are opaque to outsiders, but are obvious to locals. Commanders can be hindered from making optimal decisions because they lack knowledge of how local socio-economic, political, religious, health, and infrastructure factors interact to shape a […]

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a military drill Sunday testing its readiness for simultaneous action on multiple fronts involving a whole range of commands participating, The Times of Israel reported. The Times of Israel reported that the four-day exercise would be conducted as a “headquarters exercise”, focusing on streamlining the communications and interplay between different […]

President Donald J. Trump’s administration has expanded the ability of combatant commanders to use landmines in specific, exceptional incidents. Previously, the only place that U.S. forces could employ landmines was on the Korean peninsula. Trump made the decision to broaden the use of landmines as a result of a study commissioned by then-Defense Secretary James […]