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DefenseNorth Korea: two more missiles to warn Seoul
From Wonsan to "the East Sea"
Kim Jong Un launched two more short-range balistic missiles from the Kalma area near Wonsan towards the "East Sea", the name with which the South Koreans identify the Mar of Japan, less than a week after... more
DefenseUN calls for a truce to the war in Libya
Hit civil infrastructures. Salvini said: the silence of the international organizations is unacceptable
On July 28, UN envoy Ghassan Salamè and general Khalifa Haftar met to discuss the latest developments in Libya and ways to revive peace and dialogue. Despite the invitation to respect international humanitarian... more
DefensePlanes. Russia-India sign for supply guided missiles
To arm Delhi's fighters
The spokesperson of the Russian Federal Service for technical-military cooperation informs today that Russia has signed an agreement with India for the supply of a thousand air-to-air and ground-to-air... more
DefenseChina reveals its political strategy in a white paper
"We will not attack unless we are attacked"
After China's statements on July 16 not to find reasons for participating in the Geneva nuclear meeting (see AVIONEWS), Beijing revealed its nuclear strategy and the size of its army in a white paper entitled... more
DefenseUK: Premier Johnson will create the first department for veterans
The former official Johnny Mercer will be the minister - VIDEO
Boris Johnson announced on July 28 the creation of the first British department for military veterans, and appointed as Minister Johnny Mercer, ex-Army officer, front-line soldier and deputy. The department... more
DefenseIsrael: "invisible" fighters in Iran and new "Arrow-3" missile tests
Hard blow to Tehran who does not give up. Arrival of a new ship from the UK - VIDEO
It was released only last Friday on July 26 thanks to some Iranian officials who made secret revelations to the Arab press, the news that in 2018 Israeli F-35 "Adir" fighters penetrated several times in... more
DefenseNorth Koreas' Kim says missiles launch is a warning
Demonstration of strength for South Korea and the United States
On 25 July the explanation for the launch of the two missiles to the Sea of Japan came by North Korea (see AVIONEWS). According to the official press agency, it was a "show of force" a "solemn warning"... more
DefenseBulgaria, Radev vetoes the purchase of new American fighter planes
Today the subject of a new vote in Parliament
On Tuesday 23 July, the Bulgarian president and former military pilot Rumen Radev has vetoed the contract for Sofia to purchase new eight American F-16 fighters for an amount of $ 1.26 billion. From a... more
DefenseNorth Korea launched two missiles
The action undermines the dialogue with the United States and awakens the atomic threat - VIDEO
North Korea launched two missiles from the Hodo Peninsula, near the city of Wonsan, towards the Sea of Japan on July 24th at 10:34 pm and 10:57 pm Italian time. A military threat that compromises the resumption... more
DefenseDigos finds also rocket launchers in hangar of the extreme right organization
Weapons probably intended for Ukrainian armed groups
The investigation continues in the hangar near the airport of Rivanazzano Terme by the Public Prosecutor's Office and by the Digos in Turin directed by Carlo Ambra in the extreme right wing circles. In... more
DefenseWashington confirms: Turkey outside the F-35 aircraft program
"The purchase of the S-400 missile system makes it impossible to participate"
"Unfortunately, Turkey's decision to purchase S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia makes it impossible to continue involvement in the F-35 program. The F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian platform... more
DefenseNuclear disarmament (2): China is not motivated to participate in Geneva
Beijing will not be there but praised for the Russia-US meeting
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang praised the initiative of an agreement about nuclear power between Russia and the United States on 17 and 18 July in Geneva (see AVIONEWS) but doesn't find... more
DefenseNuclear disarmament: first meeting between Russia and the US
On Wednesday in Geneva to lay the foundations for a new agreement
On Wednesday 17 July, the delegations of Moscow and Washington will meet in Geneva to define a pact about the restrictions for the use of nuclear power with a possible involvement of China that is currently... more
DefensePutin signs law suspending the INF Treaty
The agreement on intermediate and short-range nuclear missiles - ATTACHMENT
It was October last year when Donald Trump announced that Washington would withdraw from the INF Treaty because Russia did not honor its obligations. Immediately after that, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... more
DefenseIran, Rouhani: "Trump restores Jcpoa and we'll do it too"
From 7 July the amount of enriched uranium will increase further
"We advise Europe and the United States to re-adopt a rational approach and return to negotiating table. If other parties respect to their commitments, Iran will quickly return to terms of the agreements",... more
DefenseThe first hydrofoil of Kalibr cruise missiles from Russia
The news was reported at the "Army 2019" military forum in the Moscow region
Georgy Antsev, general director of the Russian naval and defense industry, Radar Mms, announced at the Patriot Expocenter of the Moscow region at the "Army 2019" military forum, announced the imminent... more
DefensePlanes. Indra will provide a new simulator for French Air Force pilots
It will train them for piloting the A-330 MRTT and refuelling in flight
Indra, a company of technology, will provide the French Air Force under contract with Airbus D&S a flight simulator that will offer training at the highest level for the pilots of the A-330 MRTT refuelling... more
DefenseProfumo: "Leonardo helps growing the whole Italian industry"
At Le Bourget the CEO hopes programs to built a new European fighter converge
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta went to Paris "Le Bourget" Air Show to support large and small Italian companies, in a crucial strategic sector for Italian economy.... more
DefenseUSA, ultimatum to Turkey
Ankara will have to choose between F-35 aircraft and S-400 missiles
With us or against us. The US ultimatum to Turkey has arrived: by the end of July, Ankara will have to choose between the United States (thus remaining both as a buyer and as a developer in Lockheed Martin's... more
DefenseIs new US CVN-79 aircraft carrier incompatible with F-35 airplanes?
Problems could concern catapults and the stopping cables
The US Navy's new Ford class aircraft carrier, CVN-79, may not be able to deploy F-35C aircraft. Or at least not immediately. The issue is contained in a draft of the National Defense Authorization Act... more
DefenseF-35 aircraft: stop USA to train Turkish pilots and technicians
Next move the exclusion from the aircraft program? In the center, the S-400 node
Only a few days ago Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated that he did not want to withdraw from the agreement for the purchase of the Russian anti-aircraft missile system S-400 (see AVIONEWS),... more
DefensePutin answers to Trump: "Ready not to prolong the nuclear deal"
The international tension arises after the US withdrawal from the Inf. Treaty
"With the withdrawal from the arms reduction treaties, the United States has weakened the international relations in the field of global security", said Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting... more
DefenseAerospace and Defense: two Chinese launches in a few days from the Yellow Sea
Beijing warning in Washington
China shows its muscles rattling arrows throughout its aerospace and defense industry in front of the world, and especially in the eyes of Trump's America. Within a few days, the Nation had scored two... more
DefenseS-400, Erdogan: "We do confirm the purchase"
The Turkish president said he won't withdraw from the agreement with Russia
Turkey will not turn back on the S-400s. "We have an agreement that is currently being implemented; there is no intention to leaving, we have committed ourselves", said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,... more
DefenseUsa, Pompeo: new nuclear deal with Iran is possible
The US Secretary of State met Angela Merkel in Berlin
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Mass in an official visit to Berlin. He has spoken with the German government about the question of military spending,... more
DefenseMoscow-Tokyo easing of tensions in bilateral talks today in Japan
Cooperation on various topics. But there remains the friction on the Kurils
Several signs of easing of tensions between Moscow and Tokyo that arrive in these hours, the fourth round of talks between Foreign and Defense ministers of Russia and Japan opened today in Tokyo, where... more
DefensePutin proposes the INF Treaty suspension to the Duma
On the destruction of medium and short-range ballistic missiles. But already Trump wanted to get out of it
According to local press reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented to the State Duma a bill on the suspension, including by Moscow, of the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or Washington... more
DefenseAirplanes, helicopters, armaments. The best of the Russian industry at "Maks"
And at "IMDS": they will take place in July and late August
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is providing support to the largest international exhibitions of armaments and military equipment, which are to be held in Russia in 2019. The company... more
DefenseRussian Coast Guard will employ drone airplanes
They'll be used to strengthen and speed up water patrol operations
The Russian Coast Guard will use drone planes on helicopter ships to patrol its territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone, according to the Coast Guard's head of border service department, Admiral... more
DefenseAlso Poland is targeting F-35 aircraft
US fighter sales have grown by 13% in the last year
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has announced via Twitter that Poland is planning to purchase 32 F-35 fighter aircraft. Warsaw needs to replace the old planes of the Soviet era and looks with... more
DefenseThe trade war between USA and China turns to military technology
Beijing evaluates stop the supplies of materials to build American rockets
The escalation in the trade war between the United States and China continues to level up. Beijing, very irritated by the increase in tariffs and the supply ban imposed by Trump against the giant of telecommunications... more
DefenseStill US Navy ships in the Taiwan Strait
Beijing hardly tolerates provocation in an already tense climate
The US informs that it has again sent two naval ships to sail the waters of the Taiwan Strait, in clear scorn towards China and its increasingly aggressive attitude towards its borders in the South China... more
DefenseRussia: exercises for the Black Sea fleet warships
With launch of Kalibr cruise missiles
The press office of the Black Sea Fleet (the component of the Russian Navy that operates in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea), announced today that an exercise has just ended which saw the "Admiral... more
DefenseUS fighter planes "plug" Russian bombers flying over neutral waters
It's intimidation, says Moscow
Moscow's Defense Ministry said that four Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Air Force flew over the waters of the Ochotsk, Bering and Ciukci seas, on a planned flight mission to last over 12 hours.... more
DefenseLeonardo presents its simulation and training services in Stockholm
Industry at the dedicated international forum
This year Leonardo is a major exhibitor at "ITEC 2019", the annual forum dedicated to simulation, education and training in the military and civil domains.Training and simulation is a rapidly expanding... more
DefenseBriteCloud will be tested by the US Air National Guard
It is Leonardo's electronic protection system
Leonardo has announced at the "Electronic Warfare Europe" conference (Stockholm, 13-15 May) that the United States Department of Defense has selected its BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) to be... more
DefenseThe new Pentagon's head comes from the top of Boeing
Wanted by Trump, it's Patrick Shanahan, former Interim Defense Minister
Donald Trump has appointed the current Pentagon chief secretary since July 2017 as Patrick Shanahan. If confirmed by the Senate he will succeed Jim Mattis, who left in December 2018 in open contrast to... more
DefenseUSA: another ICBM Minuteman-III missile test
From the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California -VIDEO
A note from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in Santa Barbara County, California, states that the United States conducted another test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Minuteman-III without... more
DefenseNuclear: Germany, France and the UK reject Iran's ultimatum
Distances also from US sanctions: the joint statement
London and Paris, permanent members of the UN Security Council, and Berlin, rejected today in a joint statement the ultimatum launched yesterday by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when in a speech to... more
DefenseIran wants to renegotiate the terms of the nuclear pact
Rouhani threatens the West. Macron threatens European sanctions. China calls for common commitment
It was in the air for a long time, that is when, exactly one year ago, with unilateral decision, America announced the exit from the Iranian nuclear agreement (JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action),... more
DefenseMissiles: Ankara still a niche between the S-400 and the Patriot
The Minister of Defense Akar: more advantageous than the previous US offer
Ankara, apparently the eternal undecided, fought between the Western and Middle Eastern worlds, and between Washington and Moscow, is not denying even with regard to the affair of the S-400 anti-aircraft... more
DefenseAircraft and defense. Aselsan presents new Aesa radar
It will be integrated on the Turkish F-16 fleet - VIDEO
Aselsan, a Turkish company active in the production of tactical military radio equipment and electronic defense systems for the Turkish Armed Forces presented at "IDEF 2019", the international defense... more
DefenseNato ships enter the Baltic Sea led by a Danish frigate
Moscow observes calling action a "psychological pressure"
According to what the Russian press reported this morning, a group of NATO ships led by the Danish frigate "Tethis" class entered the waters of the Baltic Sea, kept under observation by Moscow, which considers... more
DefenseUSA. Trump studies a nuclear deal with China and Russia
Attempt to control armaments
After the United States exits from the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty), President Donald Trump is conducting negotiations with other federal departments to draw up a new nuclear... more
DefenseChina-Russia: a joint naval exercise from Monday
Beijing's new aircraft carrier could also participate
While the United States is practicing in the Mediterranean Sea in a series of maneuvers in which two aircraft carriers participate -the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS John C. Stennis-, with their respective... more
DefenseUSA: maxi-exercise with two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean
First time since 2016
For the first time since 2016, two US Navy aircraft carrier groups -the USS "Abraham Lincoln" and the USS "John C. Stennis"- have initiated a joint training maneuver in the Mediterranean, during which... more
DefenseF-35 plane: cost will increase by another 22 billion dollars
Due to updates and costs for aircraft fleet maintenance
The program of the fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft could -according to an analysis published on "Bloomberg"- cost 22 billion dollars (19.55 billion euros) more in the coming years, in what... more
DefenseRohani: "Israel and the United States a threat to the Middle East"
The Iranian president asks the countries of the region to have trust in the Pasdarans
During the ceremonies for the Armed Forces Day, Iranian President Hassan Rohani declared -in a speech on national television- that "the guardians of the Islamic revolution are not a threat to Middle Eastern... more
DefenseUSA: first deployment of the F-35As in the Middle East
They will be sent to the UAE for troop support missions -DATASHEET
For the first time since the US Air Force's fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A aircraft entered service, it was deployed at the Al Dhafra base in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In the Middle East... more
DefenseRussia: will the S-350s and S-500s soon enter service?
Further technological advances for missile defense systems
The Russian air defense systems S-500 and S-350 would be "almost ready" to be deployed, especially the seconds that are destined to replace the S-300s in the Russian armed forces. To make these "advances"... more