eastern europe
Russian strategy and the evolving anti-access/area denial threat in Europe
June 06 by James BosbotinisThe trajectory of Russia’s national policy combined with its on-going rearmament programme poses a growing threat to security in the Euro-Atlantic. Russian actions in Georgia in 2008, Ukraine since 20...
UK to step up training of Ukrainian armed forces
June 25 by Defence IQAt a NATO Ministerial meeting in Brussels, the Defence Secretary announced the UK will step up its programme of training the Ukrainian armed forces. The move will build on an existing programme of...
Poland to upgrade its Leopard 2A4 tanks
June 15 by Defence IQ PressThe Polish Ministry of Defence is seeking to modernise its fleet of Leopard 2A4 tanks with a contract likely to be signed in late 2015, according to Defence 24. Local contractors the Polish Armament...
Armoured vehicle priorities for the Czech Armed Forces: Interview with Lt Col Vit Duchacek
May 20 by Defence IQ Digital[inlinead]
French Army to induct engineering AFVs
May 18 by Victor M. S. BarreiraBetween the summer of 2015 and the spring of 2016, the French Army engineers units will receive 60 VAB Ultima Gênie 4x4 armoured engineering vehicles. It will provide the front-line engineers u...
Why Warsaw? The Outlook for Polish Air Defence
May 12 by Richard de SilvaThis year, the renowned Integrated Air and Missile Defence conference is branching out towards a special Eastern Europe-focused summit to be held in Warsaw this July. Senior ministers and officers fro...
Russia unveils new armoured vehicle family ahead of WWII military parade
April 29 by Defence IQ PressRussia has revealed a new main battle tank (MBT), representing the most significant modernisation of the Kremlin’s armoured fighting capabilities since the 1960s. The next generation Arm...
Poland preparing to buy new missiles, submarines
April 28 by Oliver AustinPoland is on the cusp of releasing its tender for a new submarine fleet due to be signed at the end of 2015. The plan is to receive three new boats by 2023 under the programme known as ORKA. Ac...
U.S. Army to keep armoured equipment on NATO's eastern border to counter Russian aggression
April 27 by Richard de SilvaThe head of the U.S. Army in Europe has elaborated on plans to keep armoured equipment on NATO's eastern border as a warning to Russia that forces will be ready to respond to further military aggres...
Russian Long Range Aviation and Conventional Strategic Strike
March 29 by James BosbotinisRussia’s Long Range Aviation Command (LRA) has assumed an increasingly prominent role in recent years, commencing with the resumption of regular bomber patrols in August 2007, and particularly through...
Bulgaria selects Textron's Commando armoured vehicle for ISAF operations
October 16 by Defence IQ PressThe Bulgarian National Military Forces have agreed a deal to buy 10 Commando Select four-wheel armoured vehicles from Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems to be deployed in support of the Internati...
Eastern European nations bolster defence spending in the shadow of Russian aggression
October 08 by Joel MullishEastern European states are reconsidering their military procurement plans in light of Russian intervention in Ukraine. States have watched despairingly at what they see as NATO’s failure to p...