White House spokesperson John Kirby on Monday refused to confirm reports that the Biden administration halted a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel. “I’m not going to confirm that,” Mr. Kirby told reporters at the daily White House press briefing. He declined to elaborate beyond saying the administration’s support for Israel is “ironclad.” Reports surfaced […]
For the first time since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, the U.S. is refusing to ship a cache of arms to the Jewish state. It’s unclear why the administration halted the shipment that Axios says is a shipment of ammunition. But it could be a response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
The District of Columbia is adding cameras to the stop arms of school buses for additional defense against drivers illegally passing them. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education and the D.C. Department of Transportation have already installed the cameras on 25 city school buses, officials said last week. Monday marked the start of […]
CHBAR MON, Cambodia — A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. There has been no public explanation of what caused the Saturday afternoon blast at the base in Kompong […]
UNITED NATIONS — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining. Russia dismissed the measure as politicized and said […]
LONDON (AP) — More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three U.K. aid workers in an Israeli strike. Britain is just one of a number of […]
In today’s national defense news, China is building a fourth aircraft carrier while the U.S. Navy’s procurement remains stalled and the U.S. Air Force will shrink this year to its smallest size ever. Let’s take these items one at a time. The South China Morning Post reported last week […]
Some of the more than $113 billion worth of weapons and military equipment the U.S. shipped to Ukraine for its fight against Russia couldn’t be used in combat operations because of improper maintenance and poor conditions at U.S. Army warehouses in Europe where they were stored. It resulted in delays and increased costs to repair […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean defense contractor LIG Nex1 will export its Cheongung mid-range surface-to-air missile system to Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at $3.2 billion, Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense announced Tuesday. The second Middle Eastern sale for the system, following a 2022 deal with the United Arab Emirates, marks another win […]
Five Ukrainian government officials were arrested this weekend on charges they skimmed more than $40 million in funds earmarked for purchasing 100,000 mortar shells. Members of the defense ministry conspired with members of a Ukrainian arms firm to embezzle the money. The incident only adds fuel to the fire […]
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