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The Wall Street Journal said US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to withdraw 9.5 thousand from Germany by September. WSJ wrote that the appropriate letter has already been issued by the President's National Security Advisor Robert O 'Brien.

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on December 19 in last six hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: The Russian Navy and the Syrian Navy conducted the first joint exercises in the Mediterranean. As the head of the exercises, Rear Admiral Alexander Yuldashev, stated that all the goals of the maneuvers were achieved. According to him,…

BERLIN, (BM) - Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Berlin, told local media on Friday last week that Europe’s largest economy was still not paying enough for its defense, despite repeated calls by Washington, BulgarianMilitary.com reported. “It is really insulting to expect that the U.S. taxpayer will continue to pay for more than 50,000…

WARSAW, (BM) - The Armament Inspectorate announced its intention to begin a technical dialogue concerning the 122 mm rockets for the WR-40, RM-70 and BM-21 multiple rocket launchers, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defence 24. The applications for the dialogue may be submitted until 5th July 2019 and it is to end in late September. …

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The agreement of US with Poland on sending 1,000 additional soldiers to the country is a defensive measure necessary for its security, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. This was announced by the US ambassador to Warsaw, responding to Russia's accusations that this move is aggressive, Reuters reports. Russian Deputy Foreign…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your evening news report on June 12 from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman fuel security, oil supply fears Attacks on two oil tankers on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman left one ablaze and both adrift, shipping firms said, driving oil prices up 4% over worries about Middle East supplies,…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your wake-up news report on June 12 from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Syrian air defences thwart Israeli missile attack in southern Syria - SANA Syrian Air Defences thwarted an Israeli attack on Tal al-Hara in southern Syria and shot down a number of them, Reuters reported, according Syrian state news agency SANA. …

PANAGYURISHTE (BGM) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian yesterday called on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to end the conflict in Yemen which he described as a “dirty war”, MEMO reported. Le Drian’s calls come days after French Armed Forces Minister, Florence Barley, said that all her country’s efforts and those of the…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - A U.S. delegation is scheduled to brief Polish defense officials eager to buy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter later this month, U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Monday, Defense One reports. The American team is expected to discuss the costs of buying the Lockheed Martin-made jet as…

WARSAW, Poland (BulgarianMilitary.com) - “If Russia attacks the Western countries, NATO can use nuclear weapons against it”. That said the Polish General Waldemar Skrzypczak in an interview published on the Wirtualna Polska website, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. According to the General, Poland is a frontline state, one of the Alliance's first…

WARSAW, Poland (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Last week, Poland approved its largest plan to modernize its army in its history, learn BulgarianMilitary.com. “Safety has been and will be a priority for us. I have just signed one of the most important documents – a technical modernization plan up to 2026 worth 185 billion zlotys (43 billion euros).”-…

VILNIUS, the Republic of Lithuania (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence announced on 21st February 2019 that the Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and his Polish counterpart Mariusz Błaszczak met in Warsaw, Poland on the same day to discuss security and defence issues and emphasised the importance…

WARSAW, Poland (BulgarianMilitary.com) — Poland will receive four S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from Lockheed Martin’s subsidiary Sikorsky for the needs of the Poland’s Special Forces. On the side of Poland, the deal was signed by the Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The helicopters under the above deal…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Today, Russian state media reported that the court in the city of Simferopol in Crimea, which was deciding today on a pre-trial measure for the 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in Kerch Strait on Sunday, has ordered one of them to be under arrest for two months on charges of illegally…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Bulgarian Navy project proposal for developing deployable modular underwater intervention capability package (DIVEPACK project) is among the 17 new projects under the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) defence pact that the EU defence and foreign ministers agreed on, during their joint session in…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – In the period between 12 and 16 November, a group of Russian inspectors is set to visit envisaged regions in Norway, Poland and Germany, in order to perform military activity assessments. This information was published today by the Russia’s Defence Ministry, referring to a statement made by…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Ukraine that his country won’t allow the conducting of joint NATO drills in the Sea of Azov, referring to the terms of a bilateral treaty, signed between Moscow and Kiev, under which this demands Russia’s approval. The information was…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – A regular annual conference of the NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee at the level of Chiefs of Defence, was held in Warsaw, Poland from 28 to 30 September 2018. The Chief of Defence of Bulgaria General Andrey Botsev was one of the participants, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read…

MOSCOW, Russia (BulgarianMilitary.com) - According to the military expert, Lieutenant-General Yuri Netkachev, in the event of a conflict with NATO or the United States, one of the first Russian targets would be the possible new U.S. military base, Ford Trump, which could be neutralized with the help of the operational tactical Iskander missiles,…

MIELEC, Poland (BulgarianMilitary.com), 13 September 2018, Editor: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: PZL Mielec The Ecuadorian Army received an M28 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft from PZL Mielec, Poland. The M28 arrived in Ecuador following a trans-Atlantic flight from Poland. The twin-engined turboprop aircraft will cover the need of…