DefenceTalkJapan and India began their first joint fighter jet exercise on Monday near Tokyo as the countries upgrade defence and security ties with an eye on China’s growing military might. The 11-day joint exercise will involve eight Japanese fighter jets, with India sending four fighters, two transport aircraft and an aerial refueling tanker, Japan’s defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-india-start-first-joint-fighter-jet-drill-79718/

DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense is modernizing its approach for developing medical countermeasures to protect warfighters from novel biological agents. This is made clear in a new document, “Approach for Research, Development and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures and Test Products,” which was recently published by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-aims-to-shield-warfighters-from-novel-biological-agents-79712/

DefenceTalkAn American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the US Navy said, in a move likely to anger Beijing. The guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Jan. 5 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” the Navy said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-warship-transits-through-taiwan-strait-79707/

DefenceTalkPresident Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Thursday to send powerfully armed infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, marking a new phrase of Western military support to repel Russia’s invasion. Germany will also follow the United States in sending a state-of-the-art Patriot missile system to Ukraine to help ward off Russian air attacks. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/white-house-says-us-germany-to-send-ukraine-armored-vehicles-79703/

DefenceTalkTroops battle through burning streets. Missiles take down fighter jets. Drones pulverize tanks. The dramatic visuals have the trappings of real-life combat, but they are clips from video games fuelling misinformation. Footage from the war-themed Arma 3 video game, often marked “live” or “breaking news” to make it appear genuine, has been used repeatedly in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/war-themed-video-game-fuels-wave-of-misinformation-79698/

DefenceTalkThe Polish government on Wednesday signed a deal to buy 116 Abrams tanks from the United States as it builds up its army amid the war raging in neighboring Ukraine. The sale had been approved by the US State Department in December. “We are strengthening the iron fist of the Polish Army… to efficiently deter […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-signs-deal-for-abrams-tanks-from-us-79694/

DefenceTalkEuropean powers must do more to dissuade China from invading Taiwan, including being prepared to unleash painful economic sanctions and train Taiwanese troops, the former head of NATO said Thursday. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is visiting Taipei, said European and NATO powers were “too naive” in the run-up to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and risked […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ex-nato-chief-says-europe-too-naive-on-chinas-taiwan-threats-79690/

DefenceTalkFrance is set to become the first Western country to deliver tanks to Ukraine, the French presidency announced Wednesday after talks between Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. The move to supply the French-made AMX-10 RC to Ukraine — a light tank model in service since the 1980s that is being phased out in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/macron-promises-first-western-tanks-for-ukraine-79685/

DefenceTalkAustralia said Thursday it has snapped up a US offer to obtain the same long-range, mobile rocket system Ukraine has deployed on the battlefield against invading Russian forces. The government said the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) would deter attacks on Australia but could also be transported by plane for deployment worldwide. “The effectiveness […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-buys-ukraine-tested-us-missile-system-79681/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries that can shoot down incoming missiles to Ukraine, US media reported Tuesday. As Russia has ramped up missile strikes on key Ukrainian infrastructure, the administration of President Joe Biden could announce the deployment as early as this week, US officials told The New York Times […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-plans-to-send-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-media-79676/