Security

Former CYBERCOM boss Nakasone to lead Vanderbilt defense institute

The former head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency is headed back to school, so to speak. Vanderbilt University on May 8 named retired Army Gen. Paul Nakasone as the director of its nascent Institute for National Defense and Global Security,...
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Israeli labor dispute could disrupt production of Arrow 3 weapon

JERUSALEM — The Israel Aerospace Industries workers’ union has announced a labor dispute and is threatening to disrupt the company’s supply to its customers. The dispute, announced Monday, follows the Israeli Finance Ministry’s demand that it regulate so-called salary...
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Confusion swirls over Western tank caveats in Ukraine

COLOGNE, Germany — The Dutch government, one of the architects of European Leopard 2 tank donations to Ukraine, has placed no caveats on the weapons’ frontline use by Ukrainian troops, as confusion swirls over a report that U.S. military leaders wanted American Abrams...
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EU nears deal on Russian frozen assets that could buy arms for Ukraine

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations reached a tentative breakthrough deal to provide Ukraine with billions in additional funds for arms and ammunitions coming from the profits raised from frozen Russian central bank assets held in the bloc. The agreement among the...
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