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NATO Tests Maritime Security Drone

NATO Maritime Air (MARAIR) Operations team carried out a communications test flight with the NATO Alliance Ground System (AGS) during its flight on February 25, 2021. As the AGS was flying over the Central Mediterranean, MARAIR based out of NATO Maritime Command headquarters in Northwood, U.K. was able to establish a communications link to the […]
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‘The EU cannot defend Europe’: NATO chief

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that Europe’s defence depends on close transatlantic bonds and not on a quest for the continent’s strategic autonomy. Most EU member states are also NATO member states, and their citizens’ safety relies on an alliance that far outspends their own capitals on security, he argued. In an interview […]
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US deploys new defence systems in Syria

Damascus, March 6 (IANS) The US forces have started deploying new defence systems in its bases in northern and eastern Syria to protect against any possible attack by Iran-backed militias, a war monitor reported. In a statement issued on Friday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that anti-drone air defence systems and surface-to-surface […]
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India’s S-400 deal with Russia may trigger US sanctions: Congressional Report

WASHINGTON : India’s multi-billion dollar deal to purchase the Russian-made S-400 air defence system may trigger US sanctions on New Delhi, a US Congressional report has warned. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) – an independent and bipartisan research wing of US Congress – in its latest report to Congress, said India is “eager for more technology-sharing […]
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The U.S. Army’s Massive 155mm Cannons Can Now Kill from Long-Range

by Kris Osborn – National Interest – For decades, mobile and Self-Propelled Army 155mm artillery cannons maxed out ranges at about 30-to-40km, until now. In recent years the Army has massively extended the range at which its GPS-guided precision rounds can attack, by architecting a first-of-its-kind Extended Range Cannon Artillery program Due to its continued role providing […]
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China Tightens Grip on East African Port

By Costas Paris – WSJ – Feb. 21, 2019 6:00 am ET – A Chinese port operator is tightening its grip on a strategic container terminal in East Africa, resetting operations and infrastructure at a site crucial to Beijing’s push to control seagoing trade lanes between Asia and Europe. China Merchants Port Holdings is asserting control […]
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