Germany hits NATO spending target for first time since Cold War’s end
Germany has met a NATO alliance target to spend 2 per cent of its gross domestic product on defence for the first time since the early 1990s, a defence ministry…
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Eastern European nations struggle to boost military power amid supply-chain crunch
Eastern European nations are signing multi-billion-euro arms deals to bolster munition supplies as the Ukraine war nears the end of its second year, though overstretched…
‘Our soldiers would have to throw stones if war broke out,’ says former Belgian military top brass
Ex-Lieutenant General Marc Thys, former Belgian Vice-Chief of Defence, has claimed Belgium is not at all ready for armed conflict, saying that within hours of an…
Germany needs to ‘be ready for war’, defence minister argues
Germany needed "to become ready for war", defence minister Boris Pistorius said.
NATO urges arms production boost as warehouses ‘half full’
The arms industry needs to ramp up weapons and ammunition production as "the bottom of the barrel is now visible" due to the war in Ukraine, NATO Military Committee…
US approves Apache helicopter sale as Poland continues defence-spend splurge
The United States on August 21 approved a potential $12 billion sale of Apache attack helicopters to Poland, a significant deal with a frontline ally supporting…