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Rheinmetall unveils UK’s upgraded Challenger 3 battle tank

PARIS — Rheinmetall unveiled the U.K.’s new Challenger 3 main battle tank to the public at a British Army event this week, with upgraded armor and a 120mm smoothbore cannon for what the company calls the most advanced tank in NATO. The U.K. is getting its improved...

France and Italy order upgraded SAMP/T air-defense systems

PARIS and ROME — France and Italy ordered the next generation of the SAMP/T air-defense system as they seek better protection against threats including hypersonic missiles, with French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu touting the “fully European” nature of the...

Estonia seeks battlefield decoys to sponge up Russian missiles

MILAN — Estonia has launched a competition to procure decoy equipment for luring enemy forces into attacks, the latest in a line of Tallinn’s defense investments animated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Estonian Center for Defense Investments, the procurement arm...

Airborne assault comes to Super Garuda Shield exercise in Indonesia

The U.S. Army and the National Indonesian Armed Forces, along with other allies and partners, coordinated a complex airborne assault mission into South Sumatra for the first time as part of Super Garuda Shield that wrapped up earlier this month. A battalion out of the...