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Turkey’s demand to join EU before letting Sweden into NATO puts damper on...
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will bring his demands for European Union membership to this week’s NATO summit.
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NATO must avoid sea blindness in Vilnius
Among other pressing matters, NATO needs to start talking now about updating its maritime strategy, writes James Foggo, dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy.
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Turkey clears way for Swedish NATO membership, in abrupt about face
While far from the official last step for Sweden’s NATO membership, the transmission of Sweden’s Accession Protocol to the Turkish Grand National Assembly all but removes any doubt that the northern...
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Czech leader: ‘Several countries’ hesitant as NATO discusses ascension plans...
“Ukraine needs to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it needs to feel motivated that one day it will be welcomed into our [NATO] family,” said Czech Republic President Petr Pavel.
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Germany approves $769M weapons package for Ukraine, clears huge Boxer deal...
“We are proceeding [with additional funding] because we are convinced it is necessary and the only right thing to do is support Ukraine for as long as it takes,” said Boris Pistorius, Germany’s...
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At NATO summit, Zelenskyy disappointed but finds solace in G7 pledge, seeks...
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that when he meets US President Joe Biden today, he will “raise” a request for long range weapon supplies, though did not mention any weapon specifically.
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Raytheon’s IAMD: Advancing global security by meeting customer demand
[Sponsored] Advanced solutions for a layered defense against complex threats.
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Turkey won’t clear Sweden’s way into NATO for 3 months, Erdogan says
Though the delay does not fundamentally threaten Sweden’s membership, it could raise concerns among NATO partners that Turkey will use it as a bargaining chip to elicit new political or military...
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US, NATO weapons stockpile ‘dangerously low’: USAF General
“So we don’t have nearly what we had at the heart of the Cold War. Now you add that we’re giving a lot of munitions away to the Ukrainians — which I think is exactly what we need to do — but now we’re...
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NATO Vilnius Summit could have been historic. Instead, it mostly kicked the...
Author John Deni argues that at the NATO Summit, “there was little significant movement on several key issues, leaving much on the table for the alliance’s 75th birthday summit next year in Washington,...
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For its own long-term security, US must support a more autonomous European...
Analyst Joshua Huminski argues the US should push Europe to become more independent in the defense space, even at the expense of American defense contractors and American influence on the continent...
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3-to-5 years from now is the danger time when the US could face both China...
RUSI’s Justin Bronk has an idea of what Europe should be doing to help the US in the Indo-Pacific, and it doesn’t include sending the Charles De Gaulle.
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Saab looks for M&A opportunities abroad, hopes Sweden’s NATO entry boosts...
“I’m not going to talk about sizes [of companies under consideration] but of course we have a pipeline when it comes to important countries like the UK, US and we will also maybe look at Germany,” said...
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UK annual defense spending jumps over $8.5B, but Warrior cancellation costs...
Overall, defense spending for the year was largely boosted by a £4.1 billion ($5.3 billion) increase in capital expenditure, though there were other marginal jumps in Defense Equipment and Support...
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UK launches Team Hypersonics in bid to eventually develop ‘hypersonic strike...
Industry collaboration and development activities will be carried out through a Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework Agreement valued at £1 billion ($1.3 billion) over seven...
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‘Niche capability’: Netherlands to assess 3 offers for 4 new submarines
Amsterdam plans on acquiring four diesel-electric submarines equipped with US Tomahawk long range missiles to provide a “niche capability within NATO and the EU,” a spokesperson for Netherlands State...
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New missiles, radars: French and Italian Horizon-class frigates to receive...
“The [Horizon-class] ships as they are right now, do not have an anti-ballistic missile defense capability, so that is the main improvement,” Enrico Gottardo, Bids Director at Naviris, told Breaking...
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New UK sanctions for alleged Russian suppliers hit Turkish and Emirati firms,...
The “landmark sanctions will further diminish Russia’s arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin’s now struggling defence industry,” said UK foreign secretary James Cleverly.
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Romania expects F-35 Letter of Agreement in 2024, first aircraft in 2030
The initial order for 32 aircraft also includes 35 engines, weapons, ammunition, logistics support, training services and simulators, according to the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.
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Netherlands to double MQ-9A order to eight aircraft
“We are doubling the number of MQ-9A Reapers so we can increase our maritime and overland intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance (ISR) capacity,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Jan Ruedisueli, commander...
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