U.S. Army repainting its military vehicles with a woodland green paint scheme appropriate for the Europian region. The dozens of military vehicles were re-painted to a camouflage scheme more appropriate for its new surroundings. The vehicles are part of Army Prepositioned Stock-2 and a key element in support of U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s power...
Japan and the United States have welcomed planned naval deployments this year by major European countries to Indo-Pacific waters, as China’s rapid military modernization and maritime and territorial ambitions prompt moves to increase deterrence. With Beijing demonstrating increasing assertiveness in the East and South China seas and on the India-China border, Britain will deploy the...
The US armed forced and their NATO allies will hold a military exercises’ Defender-Europe 21′ next spring and summer in all regional countries except in Serbia, the Balkan Security Network reported on Friday. Besides the Balkans, the second such exercise will be held in Germany. “Defender 21″ will be held at 64 locations at all...
By Gareth Jennings Five European nations have come together to develop a new medium-lift multirole helicopter for the 2035–40 time period. Announced by NATO on 19 November, the multinational Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project will involve France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and was officially launched with the defence ministers from all...
By Carlo J.V. Caro* France has suffered from two terrorist attacks, and another potential terror attack, in less than two weeks. On October 16, an educator was beheaded, on October 29, three worshipers were killed in a church and on Saturday, a Greek Orthodox priest was shot. The aftermath of these acts of Islamic terrorism have led...
Ishaan Tharoor* Europeans do not approve of President Trump — by huge margins in recent surveys. So dim is the view of the U.S. leader that many survey respondents place less hope in him doing the “right thing regarding global affairs” than Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to the Pew Research Center. In a recent YouGov poll,...
Speaking at a Friends of Europe event today (13 October 2020), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană emphasised that the bond between Europe and North America is still essential. “I do believe there is no substitute to the transatlantic bond,” he said. The Deputy Secretary General highlighted that NATO-EU cooperation makes the world safer, and...
SMi Group is proud to presents its 11th annual Air Mission Planning and Support conference, which will take place in London on the 6th and 7th October 2020. After the great success achieved in 2019, SMi aims to improve the conference even more by offering a unique and in depth experience by integrating for this...
Global SOF Symposium – Europe is an annual symposium and exhibition which brings the Special Operations Forces (SOF) audience together to network, explore topical developments and do business. The Global SOF Foundation is a non-profit organisation that aims to build and grow an international network of military, government, commercial, and educational stakeholders in order to...
Mi Group is delighted to announce, the 3rd annual Defence Safety conference will convene in London on the 5th and 6th October 2020. The aim of the conference is to review the safe delivery of defence capabilities and the parts that operational users, equipment and service delivery organisations and research and development play in defence...
