Defense.blog
MAP – Escalation of armed clashes in #Sudan, analysis of the situation from July 15 to August 4 Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
SUDAN – Dozens of bodies, both soldiers and civilians, are scattered in the streets of Sudan, particularly in the conflict zones of Khartoum, Bahari, and Omdurman as the civil war enters 5th month - Anadolu
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
TAIWAN – 16 Chinese PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8)
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
BREAKING – Niger Defense Ministry: 17 soldiers were killed in an attack near the border with Mali
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
In the South China Sea, China is forcibly carrying out large-scale and rapid reclamation, developing military facilities such as artillery batteries, runways for takeoff and landing of fighter planes and bombers, and large ports that can accommodate surface combatants and promotes military bases.
Unilateral change of the status quo by force and its fait accompli are progressing, Japan's Ministry of Defense reported.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Unilateral change of the status quo by force and its fait accompli are progressing, Japan's Ministry of Defense reported.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
A Chinese Twitter (X) Account claims that a Taiwanese naval ship chasing a Chinese naval ship:
Picture "1st and 2nd are Chinese Navy: Kangding-class frigates that monitor and track 052C destroyers."
"The third picture is a Taiwanese naval vessel chasing a Chinese navy type 054 frigate (ship name unknown), and the fourth picture is a Chinese navy destroyer: Changchun 150, a Taiwanese ship crew visually confirming it from the bridge."
📝 Possible to find a reason for a military intervention against the ROC.
🔗 Renkai Hayata
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Picture "1st and 2nd are Chinese Navy: Kangding-class frigates that monitor and track 052C destroyers."
"The third picture is a Taiwanese naval vessel chasing a Chinese navy type 054 frigate (ship name unknown), and the fourth picture is a Chinese navy destroyer: Changchun 150, a Taiwanese ship crew visually confirming it from the bridge."
📝 Possible to find a reason for a military intervention against the ROC.
🔗 Renkai Hayata
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
BREAKING – The African Union rejects a military intervention in Niger after the Pentagon stressed good relationships
with Niger
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
with Niger
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Since the start of the war, the United States has committed $66.2 billion to help Ukraine
➡️Military - 43.1 billion
➡️Financial - 20.5 billion
➡️Humanitarian - 2.6 billion
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
➡️Military - 43.1 billion
➡️Financial - 20.5 billion
➡️Humanitarian - 2.6 billion
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu will visit military facilities in Belarus
It will also upgrade military cooperation with Belarus's military leadership.
This builds on Alexander Lukashenko's visit to Beijing and backing of China's Ukraine peace plan in March 2023.
🔗 Samuel Ramani
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
It will also upgrade military cooperation with Belarus's military leadership.
This builds on Alexander Lukashenko's visit to Beijing and backing of China's Ukraine peace plan in March 2023.
🔗 Samuel Ramani
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
The Baltic states and Poland are discussing possibilities for a complete closure of their borders with Belarus, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaitė said on Wednesday - LRT
The final details of “a synchronous [...] regional decision” are expected to be worked out at talks in Warsaw on August 28, she added.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
The final details of “a synchronous [...] regional decision” are expected to be worked out at talks in Warsaw on August 28, she added.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
SYRIA – SDF Press Spokesman Ferhad Şamî: "The SDF will not be involved in any military operation against Iran in Syria. Our duty is to focus on the fight against the terrorist organization ISIS and its cells active in the region"
🔗 Rojava Network
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
🔗 Rojava Network
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
UKRAINE– HIMARS missile strikes a Russian training base in the Kherson region ≈50 km from the front line.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
UKRAINE – The counteroffensive is gaining momentum: the most powerful brigade has entered the battle - Forbes
Previously, the 82nd brigade was in reserve, now this unit is participating in the counteroffensive.
This unit has a strength of 2000 people. It is equipped with Marder and Stryker combat vehicles, Challenger 2 tanks. The brigade entered the fighting in the vicinity of the village of Rabotino in southern Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Previously, the 82nd brigade was in reserve, now this unit is participating in the counteroffensive.
This unit has a strength of 2000 people. It is equipped with Marder and Stryker combat vehicles, Challenger 2 tanks. The brigade entered the fighting in the vicinity of the village of Rabotino in southern Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Ethiopia's rights watchdog has voiced “grave concern” over recent fierce fighting in the Amhara region.
The instability in Africa's second most populous country has sparked fears of another civil war, 7 months after a brutal two-year conflict in neighbouring Tigray ended.
🔗 France 24 English
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
The instability in Africa's second most populous country has sparked fears of another civil war, 7 months after a brutal two-year conflict in neighbouring Tigray ended.
🔗 France 24 English
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
The US government has approved the historic procurement of the Arrow 3 defense system to Germany. The IMOD, German Federal MOD and Israel Aerospace Industries will sign the landmark $3.5 billion defense agreement, marking Israel’s largest ever defense deal.
🔗 Israel Ministry of Defense
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
🔗 Israel Ministry of Defense
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
SYRIA – Raqqa: SDF Press: Joint SDF-PUK anti-terror operation targeting ISIS hideouts in the city Raqqa. An "prominent" ISIS leader named "Abi Mujahid", was eliminated. Weapons and equipment were seized from the possession of the terrorist.
🔗 Rojava Network
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
🔗 Rojava Network
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Arctic Fighter Meet is taking place next week at Ørland. NOR F-35, SWE JAS Gripen and FIN F-18 will exercise dogfights one against one. The exercise is vital for strengthening military cooperation and security in NATO´s northern flank.
🔗 Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
🔗 Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
BREAKING – Germany delivered two launchers of the IRIS-T air defense system of the SLS modification to Ukraine, as well as over 4.3 thousand 155 mm caliber smoke ammunition in a week.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
RUSSIA – After blaming West for waging a proxy war on Russia, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu went to Arctic nuclear test site
From the window of his helicopter, Defense Minister Shoigu could study the entrances to tunnels where Rosatom is preparing and testing models of nuclear warheads and other weapons.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
From the window of his helicopter, Defense Minister Shoigu could study the entrances to tunnels where Rosatom is preparing and testing models of nuclear warheads and other weapons.
Subscribe to @DefenseBlog