U.S. service members arrived in Keflavik, Iceland, joining forces with the Icelandic Coast Guard and other NATO allies for the U.S. 6th Fleet's Exercise Northern Viking 2026.
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Foreign Affairs What the Mecca Defense Pact Means The agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan may herald a new Middle East. On August 7, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in the holy city of Mecca to sign a new trilateral defense pact . The birth of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is a significant geopolitical event. It brings together into a security alliance three of the largest and most influential countries in the Middle East. Turkey has the second-largest army in NATO. Pakistan is the only Muslim nation to possess a…Open
A French A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport Phénix refueled U.S. and U.K. RC-135 aircraft during a historic exercise over central France, marking the first air-to-air refueling integration among the United States, United Kingdom and France within the RC-135 enterprise.
The agreement treats an attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia has recently faced drone and missile strikes that it has blamed on Iran’s allies in Yemen and Iraq.
A satellite image shows a trail of smoke rising from an oil facility in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters
The U.S. Navy, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted a multilateral maritime cooperative activity within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
Scientists estimates a 70-80% chance of a magnitude-8 to -9 earthquake within the next 30 years around the tectonic plate boundary off Japan’s Pacific coast.
When U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach hosted Argentine air force Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Gustavo Valverde for an official counterpart visit on May 19, the mission was clearly defined: deepen bilateral defense cooperation and advance shared security priorities in the Western Hemisphere.
U.S. deploys Typhon system to Kyushu, Japan, during Valiant Shield, boosting Indo-Pacific deterrence and strengthening U.S.-Japan defense cooperation.
USAF Gen. Wilsbach hosted Argentine Air Chief Gen. Valverde to strengthen defense cooperation after key talks across the U.S. focused on fleet modernization, F-16 training, and C-130 sustainment.