Security

Defense firms follow Lithuania’s allure of making ammo sans red tape

MILAN — Lithuania’s offer to lower administrative hurdles for foreign defense companies seeking to set up shop in the Baltic state has found several takers in major Western defense manufacturers. The response comes after the Lithuanian government approved new legal...
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NATO chief warns that Putin wants long-term confrontation with Europe

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense...
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Slovakia, Brazil discuss military transport aircraft, howitzer buys

WARSAW, Poland — Slovakia and Brazil have signed a memorandum under which Bratislava could buy four Embraer C-390 Millennium transport aircraft for the country’s armed forces. Meanwhile, the Slovak government is pitching to the Brazilian Ministry of Defense the...
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British troops test laser weapon as cheap option to fry drones

PARIS — British Army troops fired a high-energy laser from an armored vehicle for the first time, using beams of infrared light to destroy dozens of flying drones, in what may be a cost-effective way to address the threat of unmanned aerial systems, the Ministry of...
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