It was a long wait for Ukraine before the US Senate finally approved its 60-billion-dollar aid, including long-range ATACMS missiles. In the meanwhile, the EU and Nordic countries have already acted. The Nordics and the Balts are rapidly boosting their ammunition production for Ukraine, particularly 155mm artillery shells. While the additional ammunition is crucial to
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Cannibalism is a hot topic: President Joe Biden told reporters, that his uncle was eaten in New Guinea during WW2.DW reported how Ukrainians are recycling damaged weapons – by cannibalizing them. See More:
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The Biden administration is advocating for the U.S. to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, if the funding passes. Meanwhile, France’s President Macron has discussed the formation of a missile alliance, but Germany’s Chancellor Scholz is still withholding the German long-range Taurus missiles. Britain and France have already announced plans to send comparable Storm Shadow and
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The Norwegian Government strengthens Norway’s air defence by ordering new NASAMS air defence systems from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. It pledges to be committed to NATO’s 2 percent guideline in its defence budget. The Norwegian government is set to bolster its air defense capabilities with new investments in NASAMS (National Advanced Surface to Air
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As Romania announced plans to buy 32 latest-generation F-35 fighter planes from U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin, the total number of F-35 near Russia’s, combining the future fleets of Finland (64), Poland (32) and the Czech Republic (24). Last year Romania agreed to buy 32 second-hand F-16 fighter jets from Norway, adding to 17 planes acquired
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Armed forces need to evolve like science, continuously. We are constantly reassessing, Bryan Wells, the Chief Scientist at NATO reminded in Helsinki. NATO has 400 scientific projects underway with a global network of about 5000 scientists. ”From a scientific and technical perspective, a key lesson learned from the Russian-Ukrainian war is the range of capabilities
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Technological development of radars and communication systems will cause hard times for Electric Warfare systems, as library-based electronic support is too slow and current intelligent jammers not intelligent enough for the dynamic battle space of the future. M.Sc., Lic.Tech, Dr.Tech h.c., GSO, Colonel Jyri Kosola, R&T Director, Finnish Defence Forces Electromagnetic waves have been exploited
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