Security

Denmark picks Nammo to restart ammo production at shuttered plant

PARIS — Denmark picked Norwegian ammunition maker Nammo to restart a shuttered ammo plant for production of small- and large-caliber ammunition, the country’s defense ministry said. Nammo can begin producing ammunition for the Danish forces and others at the shuttered...
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UK orders $2 billion worth of air-defense missiles for Ukraine

PARIS — The U.K. placed an order worth as much as £1.6 billion ($2 billion) with Thales to supply more than 5,000 air defense missiles for Ukraine, the government said. The Defence Equipment & Support department of the British Ministry of Defence placed the order...
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Trump associate floats idea of transatlantic warplane program

ROME — A longstanding acquaintance and former employee of Donald Trump who has taken on the title of U.S. special envoy to Italy is pushing for America to enter the Euro-Japanese GCAP fighter plane program. The unusual proposal was made by Paolo Zampolli, a Italian...
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The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan’s doorstep

YONAGUNI, Japan — This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill. But the wooded mountain ranges now carry radar sites. A southern cattle ranch has...
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