by | Jan 30, 2025 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands plans to buy 22 Skyranger mobile air-defense cannons from Germany’s Rheinmetall to protect ground troops against the increased threat of drones, in a project with a budget of €1.3 billion (US$1.35 billion), the Dutch Ministry of Defence said....
by | Jan 30, 2025 | Security
PARIS — Denmark is better known for LEGO bricks and leading in wind energy than for military power – a possible reason why U.S. President Donald Trump might have felt he could demand the country hand over its territory of Greenland, or else. Whatever the Nordic...
by | Jan 29, 2025 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish Ministry of National Defence has signed a deal to buy more than 200 AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) from the United States, becoming the region’s first ally to secure an advanced capability to...
by | Jan 28, 2025 | Security
ABOARD A FRENCH NAVY FLIGHT OVER THE BALTIC SEA — With its powerful camera, the French Navy surveillance plane scouring the Baltic Sea zoomed in on a cargo ship plowing the waters below — closer, closer and closer still until the camera operator could make out details...
by | Jan 28, 2025 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea. The 40-page comic book, titled “The Stories of Teacher Jun,” was...
by | Jan 28, 2025 | Security
MILAN — An agreement between Finland, Canada, and the United States to jointly build icebreaker ships may hold the key to deeper cooperation between the Arctic nations, as Washington has set out to boost its fleet against Russian and Chinese efforts to ramp up their...
by | Jan 27, 2025 | Security
BERLIN – A notorious North Korean military manufacturer selling its wares internationally remains active and is expanding its catalog despite international sanctions, a Defense News investigation shows. It is just the tip of a vast, global network of obscure front...
by | Jan 24, 2025 | Security
ROME — Italy’s Leonardo and Turkish drone maker Baykar are discussing a team-up which could see Leonardo’s electronics and radar mounted on Baykar’s drones. Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani visited Baykar’s Turkish facility this week to meet management and check out the...
by | Jan 24, 2025 | Security
PARIS — Armored-vehicle makers KNDS and Rheinmetall and defense-electronics firm Thales signed the shareholder agreement for the project company that will develop a future main battle tank for Germany and France, moving a step closer to starting actual work on a...
by | Jan 24, 2025 | Security
MILAN — A senior military official of the European Union has urged the bloc to refine its mutual-defense clause and start considering the division of labor in the event of a conflict. Austrian army Gen. Robert Brieger, chairman of the European Union Military...
