by | Apr 28, 2025 | Security
MILAN — Drone tactics emerging from the war in Ukraine have inspired other European countries to intensify their military-experimentation campaigns, with a new crop of testing facilities designed to test the small aircraft in war-like conditions. Estonia inaugurated...
by | Apr 28, 2025 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Seeking higher domestic ammunition production capacities, the Estonian government has approved a project to build a plant that will make RDX-type explosives. The investment is considered as key for the country’s plans to boost its 155mm artillery...
by | Apr 25, 2025 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Taiwanese authorities this month charged the Chinese captain of the cargo vessel Hong Tai 58 for damaging an underwater communications cable connecting Taiwan to the Penghu Islands near the Chinese coast. The legal move is a reminder that...
by | Apr 24, 2025 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands plans to buy a torpedo-killing torpedo as early as 2029, replace the armed forces’ standard assault rifle starting this decade and equip its heavy infantry brigade with tracked armored general-purpose vehicles, as part of 17 equipment projects...
by | Apr 24, 2025 | Security
MUSCAT, Oman — In a search for new economic and military partners, Russia has turned its focus to Gulf countries, as Moscow carries on its three-year war against Ukraine. On April 17, the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Russian President...
