• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Excelitas Qioptiq banner

BATTLESPACE Updates

   +44 (0)77689 54766
   

  • Home
  • Features
  • News Updates
  • Company Directory
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media Pack 2022

NEWS IN BRIEF – REST OF THE WORLD

May 13, 2017 by

12 May 17. North Korea says will have dialogue with U.S. under right conditions – Yonhap. A senior North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the United States said on Saturday Pyongyang would have dialogue with the U.S. administration if conditions were right, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s foreign ministry director general for U.S. affairs, made the comment to reporters in Beijing as she was travelling home from Norway, Yonhap said.
“We’ll have dialogue if the conditions are there,” she told reporters when asked if the North was preparing to hold talks with the Trump administration, according to Yonhap.
When asked if North Korea was also preparing to talk with the new government in South Korea, of liberal President Moon Jae-in, Choe said: “We’ll see.”
The comments by Choe, who is a veteran member of the North’s team of nuclear negotiators, came amid stepped up international efforts to press North Korea and ease tension over its pursuit of nuclear arms.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned in an interview with Reuters in late April that a “major, major conflict” with the North was possible, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute over its nuclear and missile programmes.
Trump later said he would be “honoured” to meet the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, under the right conditions.
Choe was in Norway for so-called Track Two talks with former U.S. government officials, according to Japanese media, the latest in a series of such meetings.
A source with knowledge of the latest meeting said at least one former U.S. government official took part but the U.S. administration was not involved.
South Korea’s Moon, elected this week on a platform of a moderate approach to North Korea, has said he would be willing to go to Pyongyang under the right circumstances and said dialogue must be used in parallel with sanctions to resolve the problem over North Korea’s weapons.
North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests in defiance of U.N. and U.S. sanctions and is also developing long-range missiles to deliver atomic weapons.
It says it needs such weapons to defend itself against U.S. aggression.
(Source: Reuters)

12 May 17. New senate report recommends Canadian Navy to procure 12 new AIP submarines. The Canadian standing senate defence committee has released a new report recommending that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) should purchase 12 new submarines equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP).
The report has been titled ‘Reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces: A plan for the future’, and suggests procurement of the vessels should begin before the end of 2018.
It also specifies that the 12 submarines should be positioned equally across both coasts, with six on each.
The recommended capability enhancement would allow Canada to effectively defend any sea and air approaches to its territory, as well as protect the country’s maritime sovereignty, including in the Arctic.
Members of the committee have also noted that the defence spending will increase to 2% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2028.
Additionally, the report calls for the navy to acquire a second Resolve-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessel by next year in order to meet an urgent capability gap on each Canadian coast.
The report also outlines that sufficient funding must be provided for the purchase of 18 new surface combatant vessels through the National Shipbuilding Strategy, with nine vessels deployed on each of the two coasts.
Further, it advises the RCN to integrate an adequate number of the surface combatant vessels with the Aegis battle system or a similar solution.
The senate report also suggests speeding up the replacement of maritime coastal defence vessels with minesweepers and destroyers that are more readily capable of protecting the Canadian seas.
In addition, the Canadian committee has expressed concerns about the capabilities of the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (

Primary Sidebar

Advertisers

  • qioptiq.com
  • Exensor
  • TCI
  • Visit the Oxley website
  • Visit the Viasat website
  • Blighter
  • SPECTRA
  • InVeris
  • Britbots logo
  • Faun Trackway
  • Systematic
  • CISION logo
  • ProTEK logo
  • businesswire logo
  • ProTEK logo
  • ssafa logo
  • DSEi
  • Atkins
  • IEE
  • EXFOR logo
  • KME logo
  • sibylline logo
Hilux DVD2022 GlobalMilSat

Contact Us

BATTLESPACE Publications
Old Charlock
Abthorpe Road
Silverstone
Towcester NN12 8TW

+44 (0)77689 54766

BATTLESPACE Technologies

An international defence electronics news service providing our readers with up to date developments in the defence electronics industry.

Recent News

  • EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES

    August 5, 2022
    Read more
  • MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVE

    August 5, 2022
    Read more
  • CONTRACT NEWS IN BRIEF

    August 5, 2022
    Read more

Copyright BATTLESPACE Publications © 2002–2022.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. If you continue to use the website, we'll assume you're ok with this.   Read More  Accept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT