by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO has signed a nearly $700 million contract to have member countries produce more Stinger missiles, one of many steps the alliance is pressing at its summit in Washington to get each country to boost its own weapons production capabilities....
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
A trio of NATO defense ministers whose countries share a border with Russia urged their NATO counterparts to live up to their defense spending commitments. Countries in NATO are supposed to be committed to spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense to fund the...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
President Joe Biden kicked off NATO’s 75th anniversary summit Tuesday by announcing an agreement with four other countries to provide additional air defense systems for Ukraine — a priority for Kyiv as it struggles to thwart Russian missile attacks. Speaking at Mellon...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
OKLAHOMA CITY — Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S. officials said. It would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
BERLIN – Germany will announce a new effort to facilitate joint procurement of its drones on behalf of Ukraine, along with other measures to aid Kyiv in its defense against Russia’s invasion, the German Defense Minister said. Speaking in Alaska at the onset of NATO’s...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
The Pentagon on Friday “indefinitely” called off a U.S. Army exercise in the country of Georgia, which neighbors Russia, as U.S. officials review future cooperation with the country. The training event, dubbed Noble Exercise 2024, was scheduled to run from July 25 to...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
The head of Ukraine’s strategic industries declared 2024 “the year of land systems” as his country rushes more drones to the battlefield. “You will see more of them on the frontline,” said Oleksandr Kamyshin, speaking with reporters on the sidelines of the NATO summit...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
With three full months left in the fiscal year for military recruiting, the services already are developing a sense of whether they’ll make their target recruiting mission or end up short. The Marine Corps has brought in more than 101% of its recruiting target for the...
by | Jul 9, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — With the war in Ukraine expected to dominate the agenda of the NATO summit that begins in Washington today, the Kyiv government signed a security cooperation agreement with Poland, one of its staunchest allies. The deal, signed in Warsaw on July 8 by...
