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UK official: American warhead decision won’t impact British nuclear plans (Defense News)

Aaron Mehta The United Kingdom’s plan to increase its nuclear warhead stockpile will not be impacted should the U.S. scrap a new submarine-launched nuclear warhead, a...

House Armed Services chair ‘deeply concerned’ by White House budget delays (Defense News)

Joe Gould The Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee blasted the White House on Tuesday for “dragging their feet” on the federal budget,...

USA/Afghanistan – Biden to order all US troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11 (Defense News)

Leo Shane III and Joe Gould President Joe Biden intends to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that started...

Here’s how new space tech is helping electronic warfare forces on the ground (Defense News)

Mark Pomerleau The Space Development Agency is providing valuable and rapid electronic warfare capabilities in the tactical sphere, a top Pentagon official said. https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2021/04/13/heres-how-new-space-tech-is-helping-electronic-warfare-forces-on-the-ground/

Taiwan launches new amphibious vessel with anti-ship missiles (Defense News)

Mike Yeo Taiwan has launched the first of a new class of multimission amphibious ships that can carry troops and equipment to its offshore and...

Armenia/Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vasif Huseynov The unblocking of the Zangezur corridor will have wide-ranging geopolitical reverberations for both the directly concerned states, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and surrounding countries. https://jamestown.org/program/azerbaijan-embarks-on-construction-of-nakhchivan-railway-part-two/

Russia’s Defense-Industrial Complex at a Crossroads: Aura Versus Reality (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On March 31, during a virtual meeting with the Kremlin, the president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR), Mikhail...

Somalia: The United States Opposes Federal Government Term Extensions (US Department of State)

The United States is deeply disappointed by the Federal Government of Somalia’s decision to approve a legislative bill that extends the mandates of the...

Senior State Department Official Briefing to the Press (US Department of State)

MODERATOR:  So has to run to a meeting before too long, so let’s go ahead and get started. We’ll do this on background...

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