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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and United Kingdom Defense Secretary Grant Shapps at Defense Innovation Unit Headquarters in California, to discuss the AUKUS enhanced defense and security partnership. -
Henry Kissinger, the most powerful U.S. diplomat, former secretary of state, cold war strategist, and adviser to 12 American presidents, died at age 100 on November 29, 2023, in at his home in Connecticut.From successes to controversies: Tracing the path of Kissinger’s legacy
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Romanian national defense firm CN ROMARM S.A to cooperate with Israel's Elbit Systems on the establishment of an artillery production center in Romania. CN ROMARM S.A would collaborate with Elbit Systems through its subsidiary S Uzina Automecanica Moreni S.A. (UAM).Romania’s ROMARM to cooperate with Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems on artillery systems production
Europe, Middle East, News December 2, 2023 -
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on November 30, 2023, to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli War Cabinet. Blinken also visited Ramallah in West Bank to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.US Secretary of State Blinken visits Israel amid rising concerns of war resurgence
Middle East, News, US December 1, 2023 -
The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon FGR.Mk 4 fighter jets joined forces from Qatar, the United States, France, Italy, and Turkey in the Ferocious Falcon V international exercise held in Qatar.UK’s Typhoon fighter jets took part in Qatar-led exercise Ferocious Falcon V
Europe, Middle East, News December 1, 2023 -
NATO Foreign Ministers concluded two days of meetings in Brussels on November 29, 2023. The meeting was focused on addressing issues related to support for Ukraine, preparations for the NATO Washington Summit, and pressing security challenges, including in the Western Balkans and NATO’s southern neighborhood.NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels to discuss Russia-Ukraine war
Europe, News November 30, 2023 -
A U.S. Military tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey aircraft carrying six personnel crashed in the Sea of Japan on November 29, 2023. The crash resulted in the death of at least one crew member while the condition of at least two crew members remains unclear.At least one dead as US military’s Osprey aircraft crashes in Sea of Japan
Asia-Pacific, News, US November 30, 2023 -
The foreign ministers of China, Japan, and South Korea held their first in-person talks in more than four years in the South Korean port city of Busan. They agreed to lay the foundation for the first leaders’ summit in four years, setting aside the regional tensions.Top diplomats of China, South Korea and Japan meet after 4-year hiatus, agree to resume trilateral leaders’ summit
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Taiwan has ramped up the production of its locally developed TC-2 air defense systems. Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has been tasked to oversee the production of the land-based air defense system.Taiwan ramps up production of TC-2 land-based air defense systems
Asia-Pacific, News November 29, 2023 -
The Romanian government has unveiled its plans to spend up to $2.1 billion on procuring short-range air defense systems. Bucharest has invited bids from international defense manufacturers for short-range air defense systems.Romania to spend $2.1 billion on short-range air defense systems
Europe, News November 28, 2023














