Defense Industry
Romania orders 12 H225M helicopters through SAFE to replace its Pumas
Romania has ordered 12 Airbus H225M military helicopters through the French procurement agency DGA, funded under the EU’s SAFE instrument,…
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Middle East & North Africa
USS Abraham Lincoln: 450 Tomahawks and 3,693 sorties in the Iran war, homecoming after a record stretch at sea
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group launched 450 Tomahawk cruise missiles and flew…
Military & Defense
Ukraine reportedly strikes Tver plant making fuel for Kh-101 missiles; fire at Belgorod fuel depot
Ukraine reportedly attacked the Redkino Experimental Plant in Russia’s Tver region overnight on October 9, a factory said to make…
Analysis
Analysis: Aster 30 B1NT, Europe’s new anti-ballistic missile, and what it means for Greece’s FDI frigates
Analysis: The Aster 30 B1NT is the new version of Europe’s Aster 30 missile, designed to intercept ballistic missiles with…
Analysis
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 Turkish F-16D…
Analysis
Analysis: the Stryker 8×8 armoured vehicle, its variants and its combat record
Analysis: the Stryker is not one vehicle but a family. Where it came from, what separates the M1126 from the…
Analysis
Analysis: KSS-III, the Korean submarine with vertical launch cells offered to Greece by Hanwha and HD Hyundai
Analysis: Hanwha Ocean has proposed four KSS-III Batch II submarines to the Hellenic Navy, built jointly in Greece with ONEX,…
Defense Industry
Turkey: Record EUR 2.46 billion contract for ASELSAN as the “Steel Dome” expands
ASELSAN signed contracts worth EUR 2.46 billion with Turkey’s Defence Industries Agency for “hybrid air defence systems”, the largest order…
Cyprus
Egypt, Cyprus and Greece push to speed up East Mediterranean gas projects, with Cyprus’s Cronos and Aphrodite fields on the table
The energy ministers of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus met in Athens on the sidelines of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum…
Europe
Lebanon: EU preparing a training mission for the Lebanese army; Kallas: “There cannot be a security vacuum when UNIFIL leaves”
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas announced in Beirut on October 8 that planning for a new EU mission to train…
Europe
UK: Royal Navy member charged with obtaining protected information to benefit a foreign power
UK counter-terrorism police have charged Teddy Young, 24, a serving member of the Royal Navy, with two offences under the…
Asia-Pacific
Pakistan denies New York Times report on PAF fighter jets being used against the Houthis under the Mecca Agreement
Pakistan’s Information Ministry rejected as “fake and fabricated” a New York Times report, citing unnamed Pakistani officials, that Pakistan Air…