Late on Friday at 10:46 p.m. EST, President Donald Trump authorised a plan to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro after months of escalating tensions and failed diplomatic efforts.
In the early hours of 3 January, at around 2.00 a.m. local time, United States forces launched an operation against Venezuela, striking airports, key military barracks and centres of state authority.
The United States carried out military strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, after President Donald Trump ordered the action as part of an escalating campaign against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
On 29 December, Bollinger Shipyards signed a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to construct four Arctic Security Cutters, a new class of medium polar icebreakers intended to expand the United States’ operational presence in the Arctic.
The U.S. Department of War said on Wednesday that defence contractor Lockheed Martin had been awarded a contract linked to foreign military sales to Taiwan to address what Washington described as an urgent requirement for the island’s air force.
U.S. Central Command and partner forces in Syria killed at least seven ISIS members and captured others during 11 missions conducted between 20 and 29 December.
The Danish P-8A Poseidon aircraft are intended to strengthen NATO’s operational capabilities in the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea region.
On 29 December, the United States Department of War announced the signing of a production contract with Boeing for the supply of F-15IA Eagle II multirole combat aircraft to Israel.
Rauma Marine Constructions has been awarded a contract by the United States Coast Guard to build up to two Arctic Security Cutters, with construction to begin immediately at its Rauma shipyard.
The United States Department of War has published the "Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2025", assessing China’s long-term military ambitions.
Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukrainian and US negotiators made significant progress on his 20-point peace proposal during a meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
On 22 December, the United States Embassy in India announced the delivery of the final batch of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters ordered so far by India.
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