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• Hidden chemical weapons sites emerge in Syria amid fragile security transition

  Over a decade after Syria agreed to dismantle its arsenal, international inspectors have uncovered scores of previously hidden chemical weapons materials.

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  Eve Sampson

  5 months ago

• Dutch plant for combat-zone robots offers fresh supply pipeline for Ukraine

  The facility has already produced its first THeMIS vehicle for the Dutch government, part of a run of more than 100 such robots pledged by the Netherlands.

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  Sebastian Sprenger

  5 months ago

• Rheinmetall sells struggling auto division to focus on defense

  The unit will be sold to Aequita for a provisional €350 million, subject to potential adjustment when the deal closes, expected in the fourth quarter.

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  Miranda Murray and Linda Pasquini, Reuters

  5 months ago

• Experts warn terrorism threat is rising in Africa as US pulls back

  A jihadist front is gaining ground across Africa, the Center for Strategic and International Studies warned in its annual risk analysis.

  By

  Tanya Noury

  5 months ago

• US tells Europe, Canada to boost NATO air and naval forces

  “Nations just need to assign the capabilities they have to NATO,” a spokesman for the alliance’s military headquarters said.

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  Sabine Siebold, Reuters

  5 months ago

• Lockheed’s GRIZZLY C-UAS system downs attack drone in live-fire demo

  The live-fire demonstration paired the radars, Sanctum software and launcher to destroy the target at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

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  Michael Scanlon

  5 months ago

• Gulf tensions escalate as Iran hits Kuwait, US strikes near Hormuz

  CENTCOM said it had carried out a new round of defensive strikes in southern Iran, while an Iranian drone attack on the Kuwait airport killed one person.

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  Ahmed Elimam and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters

  5 months ago

• At a NATO range in Latvia, hits and misses mark Europe’s counter-drone journey

  Drone technology is “a couple of steps ahead” of countermeasures, one officer said, with interceptors having to work every time to prevent losses.

  By

  Rudy Ruitenberg

  5 months ago

• The US military wants to showcase battle-ready laser weapons by 2028

  A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden Dome-related events.

  By

  Jared Keller

  5 months ago

• Future presence of US troops in Lithuania is ‘under review,’ says minister

  U.S. troops presently stationed in the country are now leaving as expected, but the next scheduled group is not arriving, the defense minister said.

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  Andrius Sytas, Reuters

  5 months ago

• Celebrating 40 years of Defense News

  Since 1986, Defense News has been the authoritative voice for the world’s defense decision-makers.

  By

  Defense News staff

  5 months ago

• France restricts Israeli presence at Europe’s biggest defense show

  The restrictions come amid strained relations between Paris and Jerusalem over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon.

  By

  Tzally Greenberg

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  Rudy Ruitenberg

  5 months ago