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.
UK to speed up laser weapons against cheap drones
The government says it is accelerating the development and deployment of directed energy weapons to counter low-cost drones.
Ukraine regained more land than it lost last month
Ukraine regained more territory than it ceded last month, a senior NATO military official has said.
Spreading kill zone is starving Ukraine artillery push
Ukraine's expanding front-line kill zone now puts targets beyond the reach of its short-range artillery, leaving it dependent on costlier extended-range ammo.
Hegseth presses NATO allies as US ramps up spending
The US Secretary of War Pete told NATO that some allies must still do more as he and Mark Rutte hailed the arrival of a harder-edged "NATO 3.0".
Machine guns among the military’s missing firearms
The Ministry of Defence has disclosed that 23 firearms were recorded as lost or stolen over five years, including two general purpose machine guns and an SA80 rifle, though more than half were deactivated, airsoft or cadet weapons unable to fire live rounds.
Europe to backfill as US trims NATO force pledges
The United States has pledged fewer guaranteed forces to NATO's force model and asked European allies and Canada to take up the slack, in a shift a senior NATO official has insisted can be managed without leaving a significant gap.
NATO plays down UK plan delay but presses capability
Asked by the UK Defence Journal whether Britain's repeatedly delayed Defence Investment Plan is frustrating the alliance, a senior NATO official said what matters is not money but capability delivered on a clear path, with Russia potentially reconstituting.
