“China above all would like to see stability. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that China would like this war to end as soon as possible, but instability in Russia would not be to China’s advantage,” said Meia Nouwens of the Institute for International Strategic Studies.
By Colin ClarkROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
“We and our allies are asking [questions] about what situations may evolve as a direct repercussion of this very public attack on Putin’s authority by one of his protegees and closest allies,” said James Cleverly, UK Foreign Secretary.
By Tim Martin
A senior official noted that this package will not include the longer-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for the HIMARS, a point of contention among observers.
By Ashley Roque and Lee Ferran
The war in Ukraine has emphasized the need to defend against “a wide spectrum of threats,” company exec Christophe Salomon told Breaking Defense.
By Agnes Helou and Christina Mackenzie
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explicitly ruled out Ukraine being offered an invitation to join at the forthcoming Vilnius Summit, but reaffirmed that Russia does not “get a veto.”
By Tim Martin
Wide-ranging document states bold ambition but lacks details for implementation, analysts say.
By Christina Mackenzie
US defense secretary chaired a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, where officials pledged long-term support for the embattled nation.
By Ashley Roque
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
At this year’s Shangri-La Diaglogue, it was impossible to escape talk of the conflict thousands of miles away.
By Reuben Johnson
With Ukraine losing up to 10,000 drones a month, mostly to Russian electronic warfare, it’s tempting to invest in anti-EW protection – but, experts agreed, it’s probably more cost-effective to accept high losses and just buy more bare-bones drones.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Of military to military relations with China, the US is “ready to talk when you’re ready to talk,” White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said today in a speech to the Arms Control Association.
By Theresa Hitchens
Many of the themes presented in the strategy are familiar to what officials have talked about in the past when it comes to the department’s cyberspace operations, but full details are classified.
By Jaspreet Gill
“The loss rate for Ukrainian UAVs at the moment is about 10,000 UAVs a month,” Jack Watling, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said. “That’s the level of equipment that both sides are going through.”
By Colin Clark
Think the Pentagon is ponderous? A new study from CNA shows how Soviet-style bureaucracy and an industrial base dependent on imports – from Iran, China, and the West – have hampered Russian drone warfare in Ukraine.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Czech Republic recently announced the finalization of a plan to buy 246 MkIV CV90s, while separately sources told Breaking Defense that other CV90s are on their way to the front lines in Ukraine.
By Andrew White
