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Pennsylvania Guard trainers say counter-drone skills now dominate demand from U.S. units
The Emerging Threat Replication Program team at Fort Indiantown Gap says units now ask mainly for counter-drone training, with tactics…
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U.S. Navy warfare center tests camera system that alerts a ship’s bridge when a sailor goes overboard
Engineers at Port Hueneme tested thermal cameras and video analytics on the Self Defense Test Ship, dropping a rescue dummy over the side. The team now seeks funding…
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Swedish Navy to field four Saildrone uncrewed surface vessels for Baltic surveillance via NORDEFCO
The Swedish Armed Forces and the FMV defence materiel agency have agreed a deal with US company Saildrone for four…
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US Navy picks Radiant’s Kaleidos nuclear microreactor for Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in Indiana
The US Department of the Navy selected Radiant Industries to design, build and deliver a prototype nuclear microreactor power plant…
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Israel’s submarine affair: Netanyahu to testify before the state commission of inquiry on December 7
Israel’s state commission of inquiry into the submarines and warships affair announced that testimony on the personal warning letters it…
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Egypt stands with international law: Cairo rejects the Turkish–Libyan memorandum as “absolutely null and void” – a firm answer to revisionism and a boost for Athens and Nicosia
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry rejected the Libyan House’s ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum as absolutely null and void, citing the Law…
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Bundeswehr: threat of Russian sabotage now rated “significant” – explosives-laden drone found near the Wunstorf air base
An internal Bundeswehr document rates the risk of Russian sabotage as “significant” for the first time, the second-highest category. It…
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US sanctions law firm Karnakis and Karnakis, with an address in Piraeus, over Iran’s “shadow fleet” – Treasury also cites a probe of a possible Greek bank link
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Palestinian President Abbas to visit Cyprus at the end of October – Turkish media bristle as Nicosia keeps ties with both sides
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Israel’s submarine affair: Netanyahu to testify before the state commission of inquiry on December 7
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US sanctions law firm Karnakis and Karnakis, with an address in Piraeus, over Iran’s “shadow fleet” – Treasury also cites a probe of a possible Greek bank link
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Bundeswehr: threat of Russian sabotage now rated “significant” – explosives-laden drone found near the Wunstorf air base
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Ankara hits back at Israel over the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: its “disinformation” office calls the charge of destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean “clear disinformation”
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Opinion: Phase C of the new force structure – Electronic warfare needs a plan, funding and a test range, not just a slide
Greece’s new force structure recognises the electromagnetic spectrum as a domain of operations, but announced no funding, equipment or timetable…
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Opinion: Sanctions on Libya – Athens must make the Turkish–Libyan memorandum costly for Benghazi and Tripoli
After Libya’s House of Representatives approved the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, an opinion piece argues Athens must impose national measures at once…
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The Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum explained
The 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum draws a sea boundary that ignores Greek islands. This explainer sets out what it is, what…
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NATO Article 5 explained: what it covers and why Greece joined
Article 5 is NATO's collective defence clause. This explainer sets out what the treaty text says, where it applies and…