Security

Poland, Italy are unfazed by F-35 upgrade snags

WARSAW, Poland — With fears of slipping F-35 delivery schedules plaguing some European customers of the Lockheed Martin-made warplanes, defense officials in Poland and Italy said they don’t expect their fleets to be affected by the vendor’s technical problems in...
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Italian leaders scramble to reverse military headcount shrinkage

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...
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Air defense, tanks top Dutch military’s wish list

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...
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Ukrainian forces rig machine gun networks to down Russian drones

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...
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