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Egypt is looking to acquire Hellfire missiles and 70 mm guided rockets worth nearly $700 million. On 20 December the US State Department approved possible foreign military sales to Egypt of 2 183 AGM-114R Hellfire air-to-ground missiles worth $630 million, and 543 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS) worth $30 million.
SANDF, US planning for Ex Shared Accord 2025 - defenceWeb
2024年10月10日 · The fifth Exercise Shared Accord with the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and the United States military will be staged in South Africa next year on an as yet unspecified date at a venue still to be decided. September saw a concept development conference for next year’s combined joint inter-departmental, inter-agency and multi-national peace support […]
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6 天之前 · South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Commander-in-Chief, President Cyril Ramaphosa, has informed Parliament he has extended the deployment of 1 100 SANDF members for service...
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3 天之前 · As cybercrime incidents rise globally, South Africa is grappling with an increasing frequency of cyber-attacks targeting critical infrastructure across various sectors.
SANDF chief on the state of South Africa’s defence capabilities
2023年10月3日 · General Rudzani Maphwanya, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, penned an upbeat introduction for the 2022/23 Department of Defence (DoD) annual report pointing out, among others, the national defence force has “determined” its state and capabilities “for the first time since the advent of democracy”. He ends his 600 plus word introduction to …
Defence priorities need to be reassessed in order to fix the SANDF ...
2024年10月2日 · Amongst the many voices calling for military reform and a new defence review is former Democratic Alliance (DA) Shadow Minister for Defence and Military Veterans, Kobus Marais. Speaking at a recent African Dialogue series event hosted by the University of the Free State, Marais was clear that to address the many issues facing the South […]
SANDF hoping to replace Samils by 2030 - defenceWeb
2024年3月28日 · The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is hoping to replace its ageing Samil truck fleet with new vehicles by 2030, but the R13 billion project is in jeopardy due to a lack of funds. In a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) late last year, Armscor gave an update […]
SA could be “defenceless” without intervention in the SANDF
2024年10月9日 · Following this week’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) meeting there’s been another call for “urgent intervention” in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) without which South Africa “will be defenceless”. To prevent this Democratic Alliance (DA) defence and military veterans spokesman Chris Hattingh wants “a comprehensive review of our military ...
Analysis: South Africa's national security priorities in question ...
2024年4月16日 · • Resources: The Defence Force lacks the funding, the equipment and the personnel to take on this task. The Army is short of deployable troops and serviceable equipment and the Air Force lacks trooping and attack helicopters to provide tactical air support, reconnaissance aircraft to build an operational picture, and the airlift to deploy any useful force, let alone carry out a quick ...