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4 April 2019
Future of NATO: What Georgia joining means for the Western military alliance
Georgia will become a NATO member in the future. That was reaffirmed during the joint press conference held in Tbilisi, after the meeting of the country’s prime minister Mamuka Bakhtadze...
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11 March 2019
National politics trumps European arms cooperation
Berlin has a point when it says that Saudi Arabia’s bloody military involvement in Yemen is solid grounds for a ban.
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6 March 2019
US Army to save costs by going unmanned
Currently, during combat operations, 20 gallons (or 75 litres) of fuel are consumed for the support of a single soldier.
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27 February 2019
Expand to survive: how Rheinmetall is working to secure its future
The turn of the year has been a busy period for Rheinmetall. The German company is engaging in a series of talks for joint ventures and investments to rapidly impose...
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25 October 2018
Trump’s defence budget boosts Lockheed, but Saudi relationship a potential hazard
Lockheed Martin has exceeded analyst expectations, but uncertainty over the future Saudi- US defence relations could impact the company’s future.
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5 June 2018
Rise of the ultra-light military vehicle
The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command has taken the delivery of its first ultra-light combat vehicles from US-based Polaris Industries. And they’re not the only ones interested with multiple countries...
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15 December 2017
The Challenger II gets an upgrade to cope with new Russian threats
The UK needs to upgrade its fleet of Challenger 2 tanks to be able to compete with a new generation of highly dangerous Russian tanks, but after 20 years of...
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15 December 2017
Global tensions are encouraging countries to better arm themselves
The Peace Research Institute, based in Oslo, estimates that 2016 was the fifth deadliest year since the end of the cold war, despite the overall number of conflicts falling.
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4 September 2016
Wrong kit, wrong place: will the Chilcot lessons be learned?
“Lessons will be learned” is a mantra that has become the required response to every British inquiry into instances of abuse, scandal or disaster, typically uttered shortly before the conclusions...
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30 August 2016
NATO summit 2016: common interests take sharp focus
At the NATO summit in Warsaw, NATO and the EU issued their first joint declaration on security cooperation, pledging to work together particularly in the fields of hybrid warfare and...