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Streeting in Oslo: High North security is UK homeland security, with Russian activity in British waters up 41%
Speaking aboard HMS Prince of Wales at the Atlantic Future Forum, the UK Defence Secretary said Russia is rebuilding its…
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SBU: Russian missile ship Naro-Fominsk hit – Estonia reports explosion on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland
Ukraine’s Security Service says it hit the Russian Baltic Fleet small missile ship Naro-Fominsk on the night of November 11, as drones struck the port of Ust-Luga. Estonia’s…
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Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland start work on a joint defence agreement at the NORDEFCO meeting in Oslo
The five Nordic countries decided at the NORDEFCO defence ministers’ meeting in Oslo on November 11–12 to begin work on…
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French frigate in Latakia for the first time: Syrian and French officers discussed naval cooperation aboard the Surcouf
For the first time a French warship has called at a Syrian port. The frigate Surcouf is in Latakia, where…
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Turkey: S-70 Black Hawk military helicopter crashes in Malatya – all four on board killed
Four members of the Turkish Armed Forces were killed on Thursday evening when an S-70 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in…
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Strait of Hormuz: Iran says four tankers are burning within 24 hours and blames the US – sources
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MINOAS-26 – Dendias: “The threat comes from a country 10 times bigger than us”, the Reserve is “the great equaliser”
At the MINOAS-26 exercise of the 5th Airborne Brigade in Rethymno, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said reservists and unmanned systems…
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Huliaipole: Fire Point drones hit a Russian “Molniya” control centre inside an apartment block
Ukraine’s 7th Air Assault Corps says drones of the Ukrainian company Fire Point hit a Russian launch and control point…
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Strait of Hormuz: Iran says four tankers are burning within 24 hours and blames the US – sources
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Opinion: the moment of decision that could decide the Aegean, from the cockpit of an F-16
A reader’s opinion on what real air combat means, what a simulator can and cannot offer, and why over the…
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Opinion: Answering the Turkish-Libyan memorandum by exercising Greece’s maritime rights
Greece has lawful tools under the Law of the Sea to answer Turkish policy in practice: straight baselines, a gradual…
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Cyprus 1983 secession explained: what the UN and ECHR said
On 15 November 1983 the Turkish Cypriot authorities declared a separate state in occupied northern Cyprus. The UN Security Council…
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NATO 5% defence target explained: where Greece stands
NATO's 5% pledge from The Hague splits into 3.5% for core defence and 1.5% for wider security by 2035. Here…