Analysis
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…
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NATO
Latest NATO news and analysis covering alliance policy, military deployments, exercises, deterrence and transatlantic security.
Europe
NATO to send more surveillance and forensic assets to the Black Sea after drone attacks on merchant ships
After a North Atlantic Council meeting, NATO says it will add maritime patrol aircraft, radars, drones and explosive-forensics teams in…
Europe
Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries
Symantec says the Russian cyber-espionage group APT28, tracked as Swallowtail, targeted a warship shipyard, a military aircraft engine maker and…
Europe
EU unveils new Arctic strategy: cable hub, icebreaker pooling and satellite upgrades
The EU has presented a Joint Communication on the Arctic that proposes an Arctic Cable Hub, joint icebreaker procurement and…
Defense Industry
Elbit Systems wins a $235 million contract for PULS launchers and EXTRA-MR rockets for a European country – the system Greece’s Army has also chosen
Israel’s Elbit Systems has won a contract worth about $235 million to supply EXTRA-MR rockets and PULS launchers to an…
Europe
Turkey’s Fidan heads to Brussels for foreign, justice and interior talks with Belgium and meetings with NATO and EU officials
Turkey’s foreign ministry says Hakan Fidan, with the justice and interior ministers, will be in Brussels from 19 to 21…
Greece
Greek forces in Afghanistan: ten years in Kabul, from ELDAF to TESAF
From February 2002 to November 2012, more than 3,000 Greek officers and NCOs served in Kabul, first as the Hellenic…
Europe
Germany’s Bundestag opens debate on a bill to speed up Bundeswehr construction, amending ten laws
The government's Bundeswehr Infrastructure Acceleration Act had its first reading on 15 October. It would shorten procedures and ease some…
Air Force
Romanian F-16s shoot down two jet-powered drones over the Black Sea, defence ministry says
Romania's defence ministry says two F-16s shot down two jet-powered Geran-family drones over its territorial waters on 17 October, after…
Europe
Steadfast Duel 26 ends: NATO command exercise has Estonia rehearsing its own war plan
NATO's Steadfast Duel 26 command post exercise ended on 15 October with all 32 allies taking part. Estonia says it…
Europe
Germany’s Bundestag opens debate on a reserve law that ends “double voluntariness” and targets 200,000 reservists by 2033
The Reserve Strengthening Act would let the Bundeswehr require reservists to serve, with a target of at least 200,000 by…
Europe
Streeting in Washington: UK wants defence contracts in two years, citing RAVEN missile built in four months
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting told a Washington audience that Britain aims to cut concept-to-contract time to two years, and…