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Heaviside Tyr: US-Norwegian loitering munition with a Nammo anti-armour warhead for under $100,000
The US-Norwegian start-up Heaviside has unveiled Tyr, a loitering munition of about 15 pounds designed to destroy tanks,…
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STARK and Thales Australia team up to build Cascade loitering munitions for the Bushmaster
On October 7 STARK announced a partnership with Thales Australia to develop, produce and supply loitering munitions in…
Greece
Greek gunboats train in exercise BRONTI 2/26 in the Saronic Gulf and Myrtoan Sea
Gunboats of the Hellenic Navy’s Surveillance Ships Command took part in exercise BRONTI 2/26 on October 8 and…
Balkans
EU enlargement: Montenegro has closed 21 of 33 chapters, Albania 4; what the Commission announced on the Western Balkans
The European Union provisionally closed three more accession negotiation chapters with Montenegro on Monday, October 12, and one…
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Analysis: Why Greece should seek domestic production of Anduril’s “budget friendly” 900 km Barracuda-500M missile
With Greece requesting new missiles from the US for its F-35As and F-16Vs, Athens should pursue co-production of…
Greece
Greek gunboats train in exercise BRONTI 2/26 in the Saronic Gulf and Myrtoan Sea
Gunboats of the Hellenic Navy’s Surveillance Ships Command took part in exercise BRONTI 2/26 on October 8 and…
Greece
Guilfoyle: “The allegations are false”; the US ambassador confirms the end of her term in Athens
Kimberly Guilfoyle confirmed that her term as US ambassador to Greece is coming to an end and, for…
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Africa
Israel’s defence ministry opens first national pavilion at Morocco’s Marrakech Airshow
The Israeli defence ministry says it opened its first national pavilion in Morocco, with eight Israeli companies at…
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Baykar Akinci hits designated target in first firing of Aselsan’s Morfoz guidance kit
Baykar says the Akinci scored a direct hit on its first firing with Aselsan’s Morfoz guidance kit over…
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Analysis: Why Greece should seek domestic production of Anduril’s “budget friendly” 900 km Barracuda-500M missile
With Greece requesting new missiles from the US for its F-35As and F-16Vs, Athens should pursue co-production of…
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Oruç Reis off Kyrenia: Turkish minister says a gas pipeline to the occupied north could carry Cypriot gas to Europe
Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has reached waters off Kyrenia to survey the route of a planned…
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Putin: Russia ready to supply oil to the US; Zelensky calls Trump’s diesel decision “weak”
After his phone call with Donald Trump on October 9, Vladimir Putin said in a written statement that…
Cyprus
Cyprus and Israel back at the table over “Aphrodite”: new round of talks next week
Cyprus and Israel will hold a new round of online talks next week on the cross-border gas reservoir…
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EU enlargement: Montenegro has closed 21 of 33 chapters, Albania 4; what the Commission announced on the Western Balkans
The European Union provisionally closed three more accession negotiation chapters with Montenegro on Monday, October 12, and one…
Balkans
Black Sea: Drones hit two merchant ships off Bulgaria, one sank; Radev calls it “absolutely unacceptable”
Two merchant ships were hit by drones overnight on Tuesday, October 13, in the Black Sea just outside…
Balkans
Third Yandex data centre knocked out after reported drone attack in Vladimir; Yandex Go goes down in Russia and Serbia
Yandex Cloud reported power outages at its Vladimir data centre on October 11, the third near-consecutive day of…
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Riyadh under fire, its ‘partners’ absent: Turkey and Pakistan ‘play China’ as Saudis pay for ‘multipolarity’
The Houthi escalation is testing Saudi Arabia’s multi-alignment strategy, China ties and the new Mecca defence agreement with…
Middle East & North Africa
Hezbollah’s Leadership on the Brink: Can Nasrallah’s organization recover from Israel’s Relentless Strikes?
Since October 8, 2023, Israel has launched a decisive military campaign against Hezbollah, focusing more on the group’s…
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Analysis: Chios, 8 October 1996, anatomy of the Mirage 2000 and F-16D dogfight that was never closed
Analysis, 30 years on: what is known about the 8 October 1996 engagement off Chios in which a…
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Trump avoids term “Genocide” in Armenian Remembrance Day statement, sparks Backlash
US President Donald Trump has avoided using the word “genocide” in his official 2025 “Armenian Remembrance Day” statement,…