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Sweden progresses with two complementary strategies to deter an invasion
A sharp increase in Sweden’s defense budget allocation will enable its military to move forward with implementing all core parts of the government’s “Total Defence 2021-2025″ plan.
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Asia Pacific
China sends 24 fighter jets toward Taiwan in show of force
Taiwan deployed air patrol forces in response.
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Former Air Force contractor sentenced for taking classified information
Izaak Vincent Kemp awoke on May 25, 2019, to find at least 10 agents in tactical gear in his house, with an armored vehicle outside and drones flying overhead.
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Next-gen tech investments, platform upgrades lead France’s 2022 defense budget
The French ministry of defense is pouring billions of euros into critical technologies and new equipment in 2022, as it sets its sights on a future battlefield dominated by advanced platforms, cyber defenses and space-based capabilities.
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French submarine snub tests EU defense cooperation avenues
France’s rage over its abrupt sidelining by an Australian-British-US defense pact is drawing fresh attention to nascent European Union cooperation programs designed to build bridges across the Atlantic and the English Channel.
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UAE, Britain ink defense research and AI tech deals. Here’s what comes next.
An industry source tells Defense News about four eventual areas of concentration between the two countries.
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Decisions on new British-French cruise missile are left hanging after submarine row
Progress on the development of a new cruise missile for the British and French militaries could become a victim in the row over the nuclear submarine pact announced by Australia, the U.S. and U.K. last week.
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$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution
A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
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NKorea slams US over submarine deal, warns countermeasures
The North was closely examining the deal and would proceed accordingly if it has “even a little adverse impact on the security of our country.”
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Joint military drill to kick off in Ukraine as Congress seeks air defense boost for the country
Congress is keen to support Ukraine as the country tries to fill an air and missile defense capability, and lawmakers want to know how the Pentagon can help the ally.
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