by | Jul 8, 2024 | Security
The most memorable part of last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania happened before it even began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, upset that his country wouldn’t get a timeline for membership, scolded the alliance online. “Ukraine also deserves...
by | Jul 8, 2024 | Security
CONSTANTA, Romania — After months of delays, NATO has adopted its first counter-drone doctrine, testing its tenets in an exercise along the Black Sea shore that was marred by real-life interference wafting across the water. The focus of the Ramstein Legacy drill, held...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | Security
The Marine Corps officially has reactivated one of two light attack helicopter squadrons it shut down in 2022 as part of its overall force redesign. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, under 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, stood back up at Marine Corps Air...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Pan-European missile maker MBDA and Norway’s Kongsberg snubbed a Swiss tender for a new medium-range air-defense system, leaving the door open for Germany’s Diehl Defence as the sole potential bidder for the contract. Kongsberg and MBDA informed Swiss...
by | Jul 5, 2024 | Security
Next week, several heads of state and ministers of defense will gather in Washington, D.C., for the 2024 NATO Summit. The three-day gathering will “address the challenges facing the Alliance” and discuss how to “further strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defence” in the...
