DefenceTalkNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-Un conducted a large-scale artillery drill simulating an attack on the South Korean capital and other targets, as Seoul and Tokyo on Friday unveiled fresh unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program. The military exercise, involving multiple batteries of frontline heavy artillery units, targeted five border islands, as well […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-artillery-drill-targets-south-seoul-unveils-sanctions-68640/

DefenceTalkToday, NATO begins a new standing maritime security operation in the Mediterranean Sea named Operation Sea Guardian. Three NATO ships and two submarines – the Italian frigate ITS Aviere, the Bulgarian frigate BGS Verni, the Turkish frigate TCG Gemlik, the Greek submarine HS Papanikolis and the Spanish submarine ESPS Mistral – will conduct the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-operation-sea-guardian-kicks-off-in-the-mediterranean-68574/

DefenceTalkAs the helicopter lands in an open field, combat medics jump out amid the sound of gunfire. In two-person teams, they sprint toward 180-pound dummies to treat their simulated wounds. As discerning evaluators watch, the medics then drag the dummies on a litter through thick Texas brush to a cliff, where they quickly, but carefully, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/medics-tackle-grueling-72-hours-of-trials-to-determine-us-armys-best-68507/

DefenceTalkA lack of training time can be the biggest challenge faced by Army units shaking off the rust and returning to combined-arms operations, according to the chief of U.S. Army Forces Command. Soldiers now have less time in between deployments, which limits their training opportunities. While the goal is to give Soldiers twice as much […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gen-abrams-more-training-needed-to-adopt-tech-prep-for-future-conflicts-68460/

DefenceTalkPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hold military exercises with China but not longtime ally the United States, Chinese media quoted him Monday as saying on the eve of a state visit. Duterte heads to Beijing on Tuesday for a four-day trip that appears set to cement his dramatic foreign policy tilt away from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/philippine-leader-open-to-war-games-with-china-russia-68411/

DefenceTalkOverseas training is helping groom Army units in the Pacific theater for future missions that may require cross-domain tactics to defeat enemies, according to senior leaders. One set of exercises, Pacific Pathways, has allowed Army units to broaden their training as they deploy across the region for bilateral and multilateral drills with foreign militaries, while […]https://www.defencetalk.com/with-pacific-pathways-us-army-puts-multi-domain-into-action-68399/

DefenceTalkRussia and Egypt will hold joint military drills involving airborne troops on Egyptian soil for the first time this month, the Russian defence ministry said Tuesday. “The joint Russian-Egyptian drills will happen in mid-October 2016 on the territory of Egypt,” it said, without specifying their start date. The drills, called “Protectors of Friendship-2016”, will include […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-hold-military-drills-in-egypt-in-october-68356/

DefenceTalkRussia and Pakistan will carry out their first joint military exercise this weekend, the Pakistani military said Friday, at a time of heightened tensions between Islamabad and nuclear-armed rival India. The exercise is being seen as a demonstration of closer defense ties between the two countries after they signed a military cooperation pact in 2014. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-pakistan-to-carry-out-first-joint-military-exercise-68209/

DefenceTalkSailors from Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) fired the newest Joint Standoff Weapon, JSOW C-1, Sept. 13 during Valiant Shield exercise conducted in the Western Pacific. Valiant Shield is the first time the fleet conducted an operational end-to-end employment of a network enabled weapon, using both live rounds and captive air training missiles during the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-launches-jsow-c-1-during-valiant-shield-exercise-68202/

DefenceTalkRussia on Monday launched large-scale military drills on Ukraine’s eastern border and around the Crimean peninsula, in the latest exercises set to rattle Kiev and the West. The defence ministry said 12,500 servicemen are taking part in the drills across its southern military region, which encompasses Russia’s volatile North Caucasus and the annexed Crimea region. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-launches-major-military-drills-set-to-rattle-kiev-68109/