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Aug- 2018 -6 AugustAsia Pacific
Taiwan allocates 21% of 2019 defense budget to indigenous weapons
Taiwan will set aside more than 21% of its defense budget next year for the development of indigenous weapons, President Tsai Ing-wen said
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5 AugustCommentary
Does the US Air Force produce good leaders? A response to Col. ‘Ned Stark.’
The fact that the US Air Force is willing to remove toxic leaders negates ‘Col. Ned Stark's’ argument, Col. David Murphy writes
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5 AugustAsia Pacific
Resolute Support troops killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bombing
A suicide bomber killed three service members with NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and injured three others
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4 AugustAfrica
Nigeria Air Force strikes Boko Haram ‘hideout’ as attack on village kills five people
The Nigerian Air Force struck a Boko Haram "hideout" in the northern Borno state, while at least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack blamed on the group
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4 AugustBusiness
US approves sale to Latvia of 4 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for $200 million
The U.S. State Department approved the sale to Latvia of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million
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4 AugustAfrica
US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 4 militants, Africom says
US forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 4 militants associated with the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab, US Africa Command said
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3 AugustBusiness
US approves $40 million sale of 2,622 bombs to Kuwait
The U.S. State Department approved the sale to Kuwait of 2,622 bombs for its F/A-18 aircraft at an estimated cost of $40.4 million
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2 AugustBusiness
Rheinmetall defense earnings up €17 million in first half of 2018
Rheinmetall Group's defense sales fell to €1.263 billion in the first half of 2018 while earnings rose €17 million to €31 million
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2 AugustMiddle East
Russia to deploy military police at 8 observation points in Syria’s Golan Heights
Russia will deploy military police in Syria's Golan Heights, and UN peacekeepers have returned to the frontier, the defense ministry said
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2 AugustMiddle East
South Korea deploys warship to Libya after kidnapping of foreign engineers
Seoul deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean man kidnapped with three Filipinos
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