Finland Becomes NATO Ally
Finland became NATO’s newest member today (April 4 2023) upon depositing its instrument of accession to the Alliance at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
Turkiye News
Defence Politics
Regional / Strategy
Navy / Maritime
Interview / Exclusive File
Expo and Air Show
Pakistan Navy IDEAS Exclusive work.. Part I
Pakistan’s 11th International Defence Exhibition & Seminar (IDEAS), starts in Karachi. TurDef prepared an exclusive work from open sources.
Land
Bilateral Relations
Greece Received First Batch of Marder IFV
Greece and the U.S. have realised the swap agreement for Ukraine. Greece will deliver 40 BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine and receive a minimum of 40 Marder.
Navy / Maritime
The Curse of Type 214 Continues
Type 214 submarines continue to cause problems for users. The last issue came from the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Bilateral Relations
Reznikov: Turkiye did not Sell Body Armour to Russia
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Reznikov, said that Russia attempted to order 200,000 bulletproof vests and 500,000 sets of winter clothing through third countries.
Navy / Maritime
Ukraine Names first Ada-class Corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy named the first Ada-class corvette, built for the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as “Hetman Ivan Mazepa”.
Defence Politics
The US House of Representatives supports Defence Budget
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation authorizing $37 billion in additional spending on top of Biden's proposed $773 billion defence budget.
Land
Modernisation
Greece to Modernise Military Corps at the Turkish Border
Greece to modernise its army with Marder 1A3, Leopard 2 A4 and Leopard 1 A5 MBT as well as 205 Rheinmetall Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) .
Air
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Defence Politics
US: We Did Not Aim at Affecting the Turkish Defence Sector
US Ambassador to Turkey David M. Satterfield said that they did not aim at affecting the Turkish defence sector as a whole, but rather specific licences to SSB.
