7 Chinese have been charged with hacking offenses tied to China’s Ministry of State Security.
As expected, the Netherland has awarded the €5.65 billion contract to build four new attack submarines to France’s Naval group. The French shipbuilder has been asked to deliver the first two within 10 years once the contract has been signed, according to a defence ministry statement on Friday. The contract also includes a “substantial” role for the Dutch maritime industry, which was a key requirement, junior defence minister Christophe van der Maat said on social media. News of the deal
The Russian landing ships Ivan Gren, Alexander Otrakovsky, and the oil tanker Kola have been detected in Spanish territorial waters. Over a five-day period, the Spanish patrol vessels Atalaya and Vigía tracked the movements of these vessels, according to a statement from the Spanish Ministry of Defense. Between March 21 and 26, the Atalaya and Vigía patrol ships monitored the passage of the Russian flotilla comprising of the landing ships Ivan Gren, Alexander Otrakovsky and the oil tanker Kola....
The Iran-backed Houthi militants have agreed to a safe-passage agreement with China and Russia, according to a Thursday report by Bloomberg. The decision, reportedly made after tri-lateral discussions in Oman, formalizes a policy made by the Houthis in January to provide protection for the Islamist group’s two powerful allies. There have been several incidents of
ANONYMOUS GARRICK CLUB MEMBER: The resignation of Simon Case and Sir Richard Moore, in reaction to the publication of the Garrick Club's membership list is absurd and worrying.
Russian Cruise Missile Entered Polish Airspace During 'Massive' Missile Attack On Ukraine Overnight, Ukraine's capital of Kiev as well as Lviv in the West came under a "massive" Russian aerial attack, Ukraine officials said, describing that in total 29 cruise missiles and 28 drones were launched. Ukraine's military said it was able to intercept 18 of the missiles and 25 drones, but significantly one of the Russian cruise missiles reportedly breached Polish airspace while en route,...
A report claims the Iran-backed group expects China and Russia to support
The Philippines said a Chinese Navy ship “shadowed” its coast guard vessel en route to a Philippines-occupied island in the South China Sea in the latest incident between the two nations asserting overlapping maritime claims.
Russian occupiers have deployed a submarine capable of carrying Kalibr
The United States is drawing up a list of advanced Chinese chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools, three people familiar with matter said on Thursday, to make it easier for companies to stem technology flows into China. The list could be released in the next couple of months, one of the people said. The commerce department in 2022 barred U.S. companies from shipping equipment to Chinese factories producing advanced chips, as the U.S. seeks to severely limit Beijing's...
The Biden administration is involved in high-stakes talks to try and persuade Niger to allow 1,000 U.S. military personnel and contractors to keep operating a $110 million anti-terror drone base in the West African country. This is against a backdrop of reports that U.S. military influence is being replaced by Russia and worrying allegations that Iran is trying to buy uranium from Nigerien mines. Already, the Reaper drones based at Airport 201 have not been flying missions targeting both...
Like in its formal budget, the submarine industrial base is the top item in the Navy's annual unfunded wishlist, which also aims to replace missiles used recently in the Red Sea.