by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Dutch top military leaders have a wish list for the next government: air defense, tanks and more military police. More air defense systems is the number one priority, “no question about it,” Chief of Defence Gen. Otto Eichelsheim said in an interview with...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
ROME — As it shoots down Houthi drones in the Red Sea, sends submarines to monitor internet cables and shadows Russian ships in the Mediterranean, the Italian Navy has issued an urgent call for more personnel, echoing a growing debate in Italy about beefing up the...
by | Apr 5, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Ukrainian forces have rigged an elaborate network of sensors in the country that feeds targeting data to heavy machine guns for downing Russian combat drones, according to analysts. The fallback tactics towards mobile, low-cost defenses come as sophisticated...
by | Apr 4, 2024 | Security
MILAN — The Danish government has fired the chief of defense after he reportedly failed to disclose several malfunctions aboard the frigate Iver Huitfeldt during its deployment to the Red Sea. “With the challenges we are facing, a new chief of defense is needed,”...
by | Apr 4, 2024 | Security
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister on Thursday announced a plan to streamline and reorganize the country’s military command as part of efforts to make the armed forces of NATO’s most populous European member “war-capable.” Chancellor Olaf Scholz set in motion a...
