DefenceTalkTwenty-nine Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan’s air defence zone on Tuesday in its third-largest daily incursion this year, the island’s government said. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled, democratic island as part of its territory to eventually be retaken, by force if necessary. On Tuesday, 29 Chinese aircraft […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-made-third-largest-air-incursion-this-year-says-taiwan-79000/

DefenceTalkMany people in the conflict zones of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have greeted the proposed deployment of a regional force with mistrust and outright hostility. The proposal to deploy a peacekeeping force was announced on Monday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi at a meeting of the East African Community (EAC). But opponents of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/people-of-east-dr-congo-reject-idea-of-regional-force-79004/

DefenceTalkUS defence chiefs insisted Wednesday the West was providing the weapons Ukraine asked for “as rapidly as humanly possible” and said longer-range systems could have an important impact. The White House unveiled a fresh package of arms and ammunition for Ukraine worth $1 billion, including coastal anti-ship defence systems and ammunition for artillery and advanced […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-getting-arms-to-ukraine-as-rapidly-as-possible-78977/

DefenceTalkBritain will soon deliver multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine in response to its request for heavy arms to repel the Russian invasion, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday. Following in the footsteps of the United States, London had announced on June 6 that it would send Ukraine its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-to-deliver-rocket-launchers-to-ukraine-soon-defence-secretary-78981/

DefenceTalkRussia said Wednesday its forces destroyed a depot containing NATO-supplied arms in western Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western allies to speed up arms deliveries to his country. “Near the town of Zolochiv in Lviv region, high-precision long-range Kalibr missiles destroyed an ammunition depot of foreign weapons transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries, including […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-destroyed-nato-arms-depot-in-western-ukraine-78973/

DefenceTalkNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday there was an “urgent need” to step up arms deliveries to Ukraine, but warned it took time to adapt Kyiv’s forces to modernized heavy weapons. Around 50 alliance members and partners are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine’s desperate pleas for more hardware as it struggles to hold back […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-chief-warns-takes-time-to-train-ukraine-on-western-arms-78970/

DefenceTalkChina will “fight to the very end” to stop Taiwanese independence, the country’s defence minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island. The superpowers are locked in a growing war of words over the self-ruled, democratic island, which Beijing views as part of its territory awaiting reunification. Frequent Chinese […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-vows-fight-to-the-end-to-stop-taiwan-independence-78958/

DefenceTalkUkraine has depleted its Soviet and Russian-designed weaponry and is now completely dependent on allies for arms to defend against Russia’s invasion, US military sources say. Once part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine’s army and its defense industry were built around Soviet and Russian-standard equipment, small arms, tanks, howitzers and other weapons not interchangeable with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-dependent-on-arms-from-allies-after-exhausting-soviet-era-weaponry-78934/

DefenceTalkBeijing on Monday warned Australia to “act prudently” or face “serious consequences” after Canberra accused a Chinese fighter jet of dangerously intercepting one of its spy planes over the South China Sea. Australia has argued it is not unusual for it to undertake surveillance flights in the South China Sea — a region Beijing insists […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-warns-australia-risks-serious-consequences-after-jet-interception-78899/

DefenceTalkBritain said Monday it will mirror the United States and send long-range missile systems to Ukraine, defying warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin against supplying Kyiv with the advanced weapons. The UK Ministry of Defence said London had coordinated closely with Washington over its gift of the multiple-launch rocket systems, known as MLRS, to help […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-to-give-ukraine-long-range-missile-systems-78892/