Post success at The Hague summit, the real NATO work remains
Joshua Huminski in this op-ed explores next steps now that NATO allies have signed an agreement to spend 5 percent GDP on defense.
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Restoring Deterrence
Victor Davis Hanson commemorated D-Day and reminded Americans of how difficult it was for the allies in WWII to recover from the May 26–June 4, 1940, evacuation from Dunkirk. For Nazi Germany it was assumed the British would not try a cross-channel invasion again, despite the rescue of 338,000 British and French troops. For Berlin, […]
Restoring Deterrence was originally published on Global Security Review.
Trump expected to announce plan to sell Patriot defence systems to Ukraine
President says US will send Kyiv ‘sophisticated’ equipment ahead of announcement as frustration with Russia growsEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has indicated that the US will announce a plan to sell Patriot air defence systems and other weapo…
Trump expected to resume weapons deliveries to Ukraine through Nato allies
President hints at ‘major announcement’ on Monday after halting arms shipments due to dwindling stockpilesUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump appears poised to deliver weapons to Ukraine by selling them first to Nato allies in a major policy …
Belgium plans largest ammunition order, announces early NH90 helicopter retirement
In comments heavily critical of the troubled NH90, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said that Belgium’s four TTH standard aircraft will be “decommissioned from September.”
France and UK pledge new Storm Shadow missile orders, deepen nuclear cooperation
In a first, France and the UK, Europe’s only nuclear powers, also signed a declaration today stating that “the respective deterrents of both countries are independent but can be co-ordinated and that there is no extreme threat to Europe that woul…
Denmark eyes additional F-35 fighter jets, Patriot aid breakthrough for Ukraine
“I think [President Donald] Trump is on the right path here. I think he has promised that would be a possibility, we are talking in these hours about 10 Patriot systems,” said Denmark’s Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen.
UK closes in on build of first E-7 Wedgetail, keeps faith in program amid US Air Force cancellation
In all, the estimated £1.89 billion ($2.57 billion) British E-7 program had completed a total of three test flights as of May, according to a parliamentary statement from Maria Eagle, UK defence procurement minister.
Sweden commits $500M to artillery ammo in biggest munitions boost since Cold War
One agreement with Rheinmetall Denel Munition includes shells and propellants for Sweden’s Archer artillery system, while a separate framework deal with Nordic manufacturer Nammo Sweden involves 155 mm high-explosive extended-range shells.
Is this how World War 3 will start? Nato chief gives chilling prediction with simultaneous attacks by Putin & China
A CHILLING forecast of how World War Three will start has been revealed by Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte.
The alliance chief has warned of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin launch…