DefenceTalkROCKHAMPTON, Australia: On the 100th anniversary of WWI’s Battle of Hamel, when U.S. and Australian forces first fought side by side against German forces in Le Hamel, France, the longtime partners once again joined forces — this time for Exercise Hamel at Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area in central Queensland, Australia, from June 18-July 1. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australian-us-forces-team-up-for-exercise-hamel-71729/

DefenceTalkCompanies and trade groups in the US and China have expressed concern over how the escalating trade spat between the world’s two biggest economies could affect operations. Beijing retaliated immediately to tariffs on tens of billions in Chinese imports imposed by US President Donald Trump on Friday (Jun 15), igniting a trade war that threatens […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-firms-brace-for-escalating-trade-war-71719/

DefenceTalkThe United States and South Korea kicked off a low-key joint military drill Sunday as a diplomatic thaw over North Korea gathered pace. Tension on the flashpoint peninsula have showed signs of easing in recent months after the isolated, nuclear-armed North proposed summits with the South and their “imperialist enemy” the US. The annual Foal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-begin-low-key-army-drills-amid-diplomatic-thaw-71614/

DefenceTalkA test of a US missile interceptor failed in Hawaii on Wednesday (Jan 31), a defence official said, marking the second such unsuccessful attempt in less than a year. The test using the Aegis Ashore system occurred at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai, Missile Defence Agency spokesman Mark Wright said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/test-of-us-japanese-missile-interceptor-fails-again-71389/

DefenceTalkChina has denounced the United States government for its Cold War and zero-sum mentality as reflected in its new national defense strategy. The 2018 US National Defense Strategy (NDS) unveiled on Friday named China and Russia as top threats to the US, just like the US National Security Strategy did last month. “We face growing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-blasts-new-us-defense-strategy-71130/

DefenceTalkA top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that the United States moves closer to preemptive war with North Korea every time Pyongyang carries out a missile or nuclear test. North Korea’s test launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile has sent tensions soaring once again on the Korean peninsula, after a two month lull. “If […]https://www.defencetalk.com/likelihood-of-preemptive-war-with-north-korea-grows-warns-us-lawmaker-70945/

DefenceTalkThe US and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labeled an “all-out provocation”, days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill — involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-begin-largest-ever-joint-air-drill-70939/

DefenceTalkEleven days after Argentina’s missing San Juan submarine went silent following an explosion, a 14-nation search has failed to find the vessel at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. But not for want of trying. For more than a week, aircraft from Argentina, Britain and the United States have crisscrossed the South Atlantic. A Russian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-russia-lend-skill-to-non-stop-argentina-sub-hunt-70854/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea and US agreed Tuesday to bring their defense industry cooperation to an unprecedentedly high level, plus expand the rotational deployment of high-profile US military assets to and around the peninsula. The summit accord came in response to growing threats from North Korea amid the South’s campaign to bolster its own defense capability. Reducing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-to-sharply-expand-arms-trade-in-summit-deal-70767/

DefenceTalkA large number of national representatives currently attending the General Assembly in New York have already signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They seek a world free from “doomsday weapons,” as secretary-general Antonio Guterres put it. Yet the nuclear powers themselves have so far refused to sign on. Who has nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nuclear-weapons-who-are-the-worlds-haves-and-have-nots-70519/