NATO Agrees on Russian Threat
NATO defence ministers agreed on a new master plan to fight against any future Russian invasion across several fronts.
NATO News
Regional / Strategy
Regional / Strategy
Russia cannot obstruct Ukraine’s NATO ambitions, US Secretary of Defence says
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Kyiv to demonstrate his country's support to Ukraine.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Ulaq Meets NATO
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence will attend NATO’s NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative (MUS) in Germany with their co-product ULAQ.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Erdogan Says Turkey to Buy More S-400, US Warns with CAATSA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia and the US statement included warnings.
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Interview / Exclusive File
NATO Observed Submarine Rescue Operation at TCG Alemdar
Commander Gennaro Vitagliano, the Branch Head of the ISMERLO observed NATO's Dynamic Monarch Drill from TCG Alemdar MOSHIP and told his views to TurDef.
Navy / Maritime
Dynamic Monarch/ Kurtaran Media Day is Held
Exercise Dynamic Monarch / Kurtaran-21, hosted by Turkish Naval Forces, is being conducted under the command of COMSUBNATO at Aksaz .
Navy / Maritime
Turkey has begun the Decisiveness (Kararlılık) Exercise
The Turkish Ministry of Defence announced on social media that the Decisiveness -2021 Exercise has begun in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Air
Regional / Strategy
Turkish F-16s scramble Russian Su-24
Turkish F-16s scrambled two Russian aircraft as part of the NATO mission. Turkish Defence ministry released video footage of the mission.
Air
Country
Bilateral Relations
Turkey to Withdraw from Kabul Airport
The Turkish Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday that it had begun withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, abandoning plans to assist in the security of Kabul’s Khamid Khazai International Airport, which would have been considered a strategic asset if the Taliban had not captured the city recently. Turkey wished to remain in Kabul after the United States troop withdrawal is completed on Tuesday. The Taliban, on the other hand, has requested that Turkey leave by August 31st.
Country
Homeland Security
New Air Defence System to Kabul
Afghan authorities said they had installed an anti-missile system at Kabul airport to counter incoming rockets.
Air
Spotters Day at Anatolian Eagle-2021 Training
The International Anatolian Eagle-2021 Training is held at the 3rd Main Jet Base Command (Konya) between 21 June and 02 July 2021. Turkish Air Force, Turkish Navy will participate in the exercise. Military units from Qatar, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and NATO will take place in the training. Azerbaijan participates to the training for the first time.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Navies’ Video Wars
Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet opened fire on the Royal Navy’s HMS Defender Destroyer while the United Kingdom denied that they were under attack.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Russia opened warning fire to Royal Navy destroyer in the Black Sea
The Russian Black Sea Fleet carried out a warning fire towards the Royal Navy HMS Defender.
Air
Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine
The Arms and Security Defence Expo begins today in Kyiv. The US Company Lockheed Martin has a booth for the first time ever. The company promotes F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to Ukrainian Air Force (Повітряні Сили України).
