Europe
Saab: SEK 2 billion contract for the armament of Sweden’s FDI frigates – what the Luleå class will get
Saab will equip the four FDI frigates Naval Group is building for the Swedish Navy with weapon control, sensors, RBS15…
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Europe
Blue Dome: Belgium buys NASAMS, radars and 20 Rheinmetall Skyranger 30 through the Netherlands – when the first systems arrive
Belgium has presented its Blue Dome ground-based air defence architecture and signed three programme agreements with the Netherlands for NASAMS…
Middle East & North Africa
Yemen: government army says it struck the Houthis 874 times in the last hours – the toll and the fronts
Yemen’s government armed forces say they hit Houthi positions 874 times in recent hours, with about 190 Houthi fighters killed…
Air Force
F-35: the Pentagon loses track of spare parts worth billions – what the GAO report found on 26 million components
The GAO says Pentagon records for F-35 spare parts are outdated, inaccurate and incomplete: about 26 million components worth around…
Economy & Energy
Russia: about 30% of refining capacity in the crosshairs of Ukrainian drones – how far real refining could fall – sources
Refineries hit by Ukrainian strikes since late October account for about 30% of Russia’s primary refining capacity, two energy sources…
Europe
Zelensky in Denmark with the Nordic leaders: Copenhagen’s new €645 million package and talks with Norway on NASAMS missiles
Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Copenhagen on November 10 and announced a new Danish defence package of €645 million, mainly for…
Europe
UK and JEF allies sign Northern Navies Initiative on HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo
All 10 Joint Expeditionary Force maritime nations signed a Northern Navies Initiative in Oslo, aiming to make their fleets interoperable…
Middle East & North Africa
Iraq: Turkish army to begin withdrawing from the Bashiqa base in November – the Sinjar and PKK condition
Iraqi military spokesman Sabah al-Numan said the handover of the Turkish base near Mosul begins within November and will be…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards show the new underground “missile city” – Abdollahi: “The surprises will come one after another”
Three days after announcing it, the IRGC showed Iranian state media footage of a new underground “missile city” of its…
Africa
UN Security Council on South Sudan: UK demands UNMISS be allowed to operate freely six weeks before the first elections
At the UN Security Council on 10 November, the UK urged South Sudan's authorities to let UNMISS operate without obstruction…
Military & Defense
Ankara wants to build warships with Egypt on the “Pakistan model” – the message from the joint exercise off Alexandria
Turkish Navy commander Adm. Ercüment Tatlıoğlu said Turkey aims at joint shipbuilding with Egypt under the MİLGEM programme, speaking at…
Politics & Diplomacy
Hegseth hits back at the impeachment push: “This is not patriotism, it is sabotage” – what he said about Massie and Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the Pentagon for his first press conference since May, called Rep. Thomas Massie’s impeachment articles…