Spanish navy shares vision for second batch of NH90 helicopters
The second batch builds off an initial acquisition of seven Standard 3 MSPT units, contracted in 2018, included within Spain’s larger order of 23 NH90 rotorcraft.
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Can Europe Survive the New Multipolar World?
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — For more than three decades after the Cold War, Europe lived under the illusion that history had settled in its favor. Liberal democracy seemed ascendant, global markets expanded without friction, and American military primacy ins…
Santa at war: ‘home’ town in Finland hosts Nato soldiers as Russian threat looms
Christmas tourists are noticing a growing military presence in Lapland, where Santa Park doubles as a bomb shelterBilled as the official home town of Santa Claus, or joulupukki as he is known in Finland, the city of Rovaniemi offers every imaginable Fa…
‘NATO Calls Me Daddy’: Trump Slams ‘Decaying’ Europe
Maverick, US President Donald Trump delivered a scathing critique of Europe in a recent interview, describing the continent as "decaying" and "weak," particularly regarding immigration and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.His remarks, published by Politico, underscore a deepening rift between the United States and its longstanding European allies.Trump openly criticised European governments for
‘NATO calls me daddy,’ Trump says while touting influence over alliance
Trump’s interview with Politico focused in part on a new national security strategy that sharply criticizes European allies and warns against NATO expansion.
‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
From digging trenches and building walls, to learning survival skills, Poland is increasingly aware of risks posed by its eastern neighboursCezary Pruszko still remembers the civil defence training of his Communist-era schooldays – map reading, surviva…
Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia
Power blackouts, public chaos and loss of communication with space were all thrown at troops in seven days Russia and China were barely mentioned, but they were the threats in everyone’s minds in Tallinn this week, where Nato hosted its largest ever cy…
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU int…
US National Security Strategy calls for reviving ‘Monroe Doctrine,’ limiting NATO expansion
The document hits Europe hard, stating that the largest issue facing Europe is the “Stark prospect of civilizational erasure.”
F-35As inch closer to carrying Meteor missiles after ‘pivotal’ ground tests
Italy is sponsoring integration of the ramjet powered weapon on the F-35A, while the UK is leading integration on the F-35B model.