Getty Images US President-elect Donald Trump has named Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, author and military veteran, as his pick for defence secretary. Hegseth, 44, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be responsible for the world’s most powerful military in his first political role. Announcing his choice on Tuesday, Trump described him as […]
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Watch: Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said the Russian people were paying an “extraordinary price” for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine Russia has suffered its worst ever month for casualties since the start of the war in Ukraine, the UK chief of defence staff has told the BBC. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Russia’s forces suffered an […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired defence minister Yoav Gallant, saying there is a “crisis of trust” between them. Netanyahu said in a statement his trust in Gallant had “eroded” in recent months and Foreign Minister Israel Katz would replace Gallant. Gallant posted on social media that the “security of the state of Israel […]
Authorities in Oslo announced on Monday that they had agreed to buy AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air defence missiles from the US in a deal worth over 4 billion Norwegian kroner (€337m). It is one of the largest single purchases ever made by the Norwegian Armed Forces. In a statement released by the Norwegian Defence Material Agency, […]
Getty Images UK Defence Secretary John Healey and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in July Britain and Germany will sign what the UK government is calling a “landmark defence agreement” aimed at boosting security, investment and jobs. Under the agreement, German defence company Rheinmetall will open a new factory in the UK to manufacture barrels […]
