by | Mar 18, 2024 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined troops training on a new tank model and drove one himself, state media reported Thursday, as the country’s rivals South Korea and the U.S. wrapped up their annual military exercises. It’s the third time Kim...
by | Mar 18, 2024 | Security
Winston Churchill described a sobering theme of the Second World War: “How the great democracies triumphed, and so were able to resume the follies which had so nearly cost them their life.” Democracies have historically tended to believe peace will prevail, failing to...
by | Mar 15, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands has picked France’s Naval Group to build four attack submarines in a project worth €5.65 billion (U.S. $6.17 billion), beating offers from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Sweden’s Saab Kockums in cooperation with Dutch shipbuilder...
by | Mar 15, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands has picked France’s Naval Group to build four attack submarines for more than €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion), beating offers from Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Sweden’s Saab Kockums in cooperation with Dutch shipbuilder Damen. Naval...
by | Mar 15, 2024 | Security
ROME — The European Union has named a host of local ammunition firms it will supply with more than half a billion euros, or almost $560 million, in combined funding to help them beef up production in a bid to push the bloc’s annual output of shells to two million a...
