DefenceTalkBritain would struggle to match Russia’s military capabilities on the battlefield, the head of the U.K. army will say in a speech on January 22. In an address to the Royal United Services Institute, Chief of the General Staff Nick Carter is expected to say Russia is building increasingly aggressive and expeditionary forces while already […]https://www.defencetalk.com/britain-no-match-for-russias-military-u-k-army-chief-says-71128/

DefenceTalkHundreds of Tokyo residents scrambled for cover Monday (Jan 22) in the Japanese capital’s first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programme. A loudspeaker blared out a terrifying warning at the drill, held in a Tokyo amusement park: “We have information that a missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tokyo-simulates-first-military-attack-since-wwii-amid-north-korea-threat-71110/

DefenceTalkIn support of on-going efforts to make command posts more resilient, mobile and survivable, the Army is pushing to get Secure Wi-Fi to the field to help gain an operational edge against potential peer and near-peer adversaries. Following the relocation of a command post on the battlefield, referred to as a “jump,” Secure Wi-Fi enables […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-pushing-to-get-secure-wi-fi-on-battlefield-to-gain-strategic-edge-over-enemies-71061/

DefenceTalkThe vast, global networks of the Defense Department are under constant attack, with the sophistication of the cyber assaults increasing, the director of Defense Information Systems Agency said here today. Army Lt. Gen. Alan R. Lynn, who is also the commander of the Joint Force Headquarters, Department of Defense Information Networks, described some of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/terabyte-of-death-cyberattack-against-dod-looms-disa-71059/

DefenceTalkFrance’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday encouraged African nations calling for greater autonomy over their security to “go for it”, following the launch of a regional anti-jihad force in the Sahel. France currently has its own a 4,000-strong counter-terror force named Barkhane tackling militants and banditry in West and Central African nations targeted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-says-go-ahead-to-african-security-initiatives-70784/

DefenceTalkThe hackers used a tool called “China Chopper” which according to security experts is widely used by Chinese actors, and had gained access via an internet-facing server, he said. Sensitive data about Australia’s F- 35 stealth fighter and P-8 surveillance aircraft programmes were stolen when a defence subcontractor was hacked using a tool widely used […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-stealth-fighter-data-stolen-in-australia-defence-hack-70662/

DefenceTalkFrance will boost defence spending next year by 1.6 billion euros, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Thursday, just two months after a row over planned cuts to the budget triggered the resignation of the armed forces chief. Philippe said it was the biggest increase in six years. “This will be continued in 2019 and 2020 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-boost-defence-budget-by-1-6-bn-euros-in-2018-70424/

DefenceTalkAsian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir. Leaders of the largely symbolic body — including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping — formally signed off on the sub-continent duo’s accession at the annual SCO […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-pakistan-join-china-and-russia-led-security-bloc-70164/

DefenceTalkGovernments and computer experts girded Monday for a possible worsening of the global cyberattack that has hit more than 150 countries, as Microsoft warned against stockpiling vulnerabilities like the one at the heart of the crisis. European policing and security agencies said the fallout from a ransomware attack that has already crippled more than 200,000 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/world-braces-for-more-cyberattacks-as-work-week-begins-69968/

DefenceTalk“Hundreds of thousands” of Chinese computers at nearly 30,000 institutions including government agencies have been hit by the global ransomware attack, a leading Chinese security-software provider has said, though the Asian impact has otherwise been relatively muted. The enterprise-security division of Qihoo 360, one of China’s leading suppliers of anti-virus software, said 29,372 institutions ranging […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ransomware-hits-hundreds-of-thousands-of-china-pcs-firm-69964/