Britain’s new battle tank service dates not yet locked in
The British Army's planned Initial Operating Capability date for the Challenger 3 main battle tank is under review, although no formal reapproval has yet taken place, the Ministry of Defence stated.
BAE Systems lands huge M109A7 Paladin order
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth USD 535 million to produce additional M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzers and M992A3 ammunition carriers for the US Army, the company stated.
UK Border Force officer jailed for Hong Kong spying
A former Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade office manager have been jailed for spying on UK pro-democracy campaigners for Chinese authorities.
Israeli interference in Scottish vote flagged in Lords briefing
A House of Lords Library briefing published ahead of a debate on threats to UK democracy has drawn attention to an accusation that the Israeli firm BlackCore conducted digital interference operations ahead of the recent Scottish parliamentary elections.
NATO hub has trained 59,000 Ukrainian troops
NATO's training and assistance command for Ukraine has put more than 59,000 Ukrainian personnel through coordinated programmes and now spans 31 nations.
Russia has lost half a million dead
Russia has suffered up to 1.5 million total casualties in Ukraine, around half a million of them killed, a senior NATO official says, with voluntary recruitment weakening and Moscow increasingly relying on convicts, the indebted and foreigners.
West risks falling behind its rivals, NATO warns
Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are increasingly learning from the war in Ukraine and sharing the lessons systematically, a senior NATO military official warned.
Cash alone won’t stop a tank, NATO chief warns
Record increases in European defence spending must be turned into combat-ready forces at speed, NATO's Mark Rutte says, warning that "you cannot stop a missile or a tank with a dollar or a euro" as the alliance prepares for Ankara.
Russia pouring half its budget into war, Rutte says
Russia is now spending close to half its entire state budget on defence, NATO's Mark Rutte says, warning the alliance cannot be naive even as he insists Russia knows it could not win a war against NATO.
US arms keep flowing to Ukraine despite Middle East war
NATO says the PURL mechanism supplying critical American weapons to Ukraine has seen no discernible slowdown from the war in the Middle East.
