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Denmark, Lithuania latest Baltic navies to buy ‘Blocker’ mines through Finnish scheme
Denmark is the latest country to buy Finland’s “Blocker” naval mines, a day after Lithuania decided to go ahead with its own contract for the weapon.
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Popular military air show permanently pulled from RAF Fairford after suspected terror threat
Over a month after a suspected Iranian plot on RAF Fairford, organizers of the world’s largest military air show announced its permanent departure to MOD Boscombe Down.
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Vector introduces ready-to-go one-way attack drone
The company said the Warfighter’s Stack consists of the drone, an HV-ESAD to hold an explosive payload, and a remote control.
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Air
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Russia is giving its drones bigger antennas to beat Ukrainian jamming
Kyiv now needs roughly twice as many jammers to stop each upgraded Shahed, intel officials and experts said.
Land
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‘Open the hives’ — Why France is turning tank gunners into FPV pilots
Cpl. Igor started a new job this year, swapping the sights of a 105 mm gun on the French Army’s AMX 10 RC reconnaissance vehicle for first-person view goggles and a handheld controller.
Pentagon
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The Pentagon needs more ammo for the Iran war. Small communities are paying the price.
From polluted waterways to repeated safety violations, the Army’s aging ammunition factories have left a troubling legacy, The War Horse reports.
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US Air Force asks industry for new cruise missile for Ukraine
The U.S. Air Force is looking for contractors to mass produce the Extended Range Attack Munition for Ukraine.
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US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine
The missiles — which are yet to be manufactured — are not expected to be delivered until a couple of years into the 2030s.
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Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say
Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, sources told Reuters.
Naval
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How a French frigate’s radical bow design makes for smooth sailing
The inverted bow on the new FDI frigates makes for better seakeeping, said the former French Navy captain who commanded the lead ship of the class during sea trials.
Space
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‘The West can’t stop me’: Space wars heat up as Russia tails a Ukraine-linked US satellite
Washington blamed Moscow for deliberately moving a Russian military satellite with an undisclosed mission close last week to a U.S.-registered satellite.
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Army tests autonomous mass minelaying
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Ukraine will get ‘license’ for making Patriot interceptors, Trump says at NATO meeting
President Trump told reporters he would grant Ukraine the ability to make its own Patriot interceptors, but offered few details.
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