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Poland, Baltics may withdraw from anti-personnel landmine treaty

WARSAW, Poland — The governments of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced their willingness to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention, also known as the Ottawa Treaty, citing an increasingly belligerent Russia. As the Russian invasion of...
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Europe’s top missile maker MBDA boosts output 33% amid record orders

PARIS — MBDA, Europe’s largest missile maker, boosted production and deliveries by 33% in 2024, as demand from European governments for air defense and battlefield munitions lifted orders to a record. The maker of Aster air-defense interceptors, the SCALP-EG/Storm...
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US Air Force returns from Antarctica after summer mission accomplished

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The last U.S. Air Force transport aircraft journeyed home on March 7 after a busy summer in Christchurch. From this New Zealand city, the Air Force made frequent flights to Antarctica in support of the National Science Foundation program...
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US Army readies second Typhon battery for Pacific deployment

The U.S. Army’s 3rd Multidomain Task Force unit is standing up its long-range fires battalion over the next year, including readying its Typhon battery for deployment in the Pacific theater — marking the Army’s second such missile system to enter the region, according...
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