Washington, May 22, 2022.- The Defense Department’s Chemical Demilitarization Program reached a milestone in its effort to eliminate the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile and recovered chemical warfare materiel. The last M55 rocket containing venomous agent X, or VX nerve agent, was destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond,Continuar Leyendo
Washington, May 20, 2022.- The Pentagon announced today that another tranche of presidential drawdown support is headed to Ukraine. The latest package is worth $100 million and mostly includes more of the same items the U.S. has sent to Ukraine in the past. Included in the latest package are 18Continuar Leyendo
Washington, May 19, 2022.- NATO unity was a big part of the discussions in the Pentagon today as Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles. Spain will host the NATO Summit in Madrid next month. Officials said that NATO leaders will discuss a newContinuar Leyendo
Brussels, May 18, 2022.- Finland and Sweden on Wednesday morning (18 May 2022) simultaneously handed in their official letters of application to join NATO. The letters were conveyed by the Finnish Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and respectively, the Swedish Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff, to NATO Secretary General JensContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 16, 2022.- The 155 mm M777 towed howitzers supplied by the U.S. and other types supplied by ally and partner nations to Ukraine are having a big impact on the battlefield, a senior Defense Department official said at a Pentagon press briefing today. «You’re already seeing the UkrainiansContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 15, 2022.- Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced the deployment of U.S. troops to Europe to replace forces ordered there earlier this year. Kirby said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered the deployment of around 10,500 personnel in the coming months to replace ArmyContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 11, 2022.- This year’s $773 billion presidential budget request for the Defense Department uses three approaches to support the nation’s defense strategy, which was transmitted to Congress in March, said Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks, during a keynote address Friday at the Reagan Institute. Those three approachesContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 10, 2022.- The Defense Department urges Congress to quickly pass the president’s supplemental request, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said at a press briefing today. That request seeks $33 billion, which includes $5 billion additional drawdown authority so that DOD can continue uninterrupted provisioning of United StatesContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 09, 2022.- Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the «Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.» The act authorizes the administration, through fiscal year 2023, to lend or lease military equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. The act would exempt the administration from certain provisionsContinuar Leyendo
Washington, May 08, 2022.- The intensity of conflict in the 21st Century and the need for weapons and munitions has been a learning experience for American defense officials working to supply Ukraine for its fight against Russia. William A. LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said theContinuar Leyendo
