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Italy’s small defense firms ride high amid military spending boon

ROME — Italy’s small, family-owned defense companies are more profitable and are growing faster than the country’s massive state-run firms or the foreign players in the Italian market, a new report has revealed. Family-run firms have long been the backbone of Italian capitalism, pushing the country to become the eighth biggest manufacturing power in the […]

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Air Force wing deployments could leave bases understaffed, GAO warns

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Some Air Force bases may not have enough airmen to both send wings overseas and keep operating at home under the service’s new deployment plan, a Government Accountability Office report said Tuesday. The Air Force is moving to a new deployment model called AFFORGEN, or Air Force Force Generation, which seeks to send airmen overseas

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US will send Ukraine $725M in counter-drone tech, anti-personnel mines

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The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer-range missiles are headed to the battlefield. Two U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the package before it

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Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship

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The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was

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Germany’s Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years Monday, just weeks after he was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for having a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. That call came at a time of widespread speculation about what the new

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Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time

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Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks. Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and

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Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production

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WARSAW, Poland — Polish lawmakers have voted to allocate some 3 billion złoty ($740 million) for investments in ramping up the country’s ammunition production capacities, with a particular focus on much-needed 155mm artillery shells. The decision to approve the bill was made by the Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament, on Nov. 27

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Criminal probe launched after US Air Force spots drones over UK bases

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LONDON — A criminal investigation has been launched after the U.S. Air Force reported that drones were spotted flying over English military bases, a British official said Wednesday. The U.S. Air Force reported several incursions occurred in the past week at four bases where the American forces operate. The drones were monitored and unspecified mitigation

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Russian jets intercept B-52s during Baltic training flight

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Two Russian fighters intercepted a pair of B-52H Stratofortresses near the Baltic Sea on Monday, a U.S. defense official confirmed Wednesday. The B-52s were conducting a training flight when the Russian Su-27 fighters intercepted them near Kaliningrad. The defense official said the interception was safe and professional, and the B-52s continued with their planned flight.

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How NATO make-believe artillerists get comfy with a real-world foe

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ROVANIEMI, Finland — As artillery units from several NATO countries confronted a fictitious enemy here last week, one adversary was very real: cold weather. It’s an age-old reality for countries featuring extreme locales, including the European alliance nations of Norway, Finland, and Sweden plus member countries Canada and the United States across the Atlantic. For

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Italy’s small defense firms ride high amid military spending boon

Air Force wing deployments could leave bases understaffed, GAO warns

US will send Ukraine $725M in counter-drone tech, anti-personnel mines

Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship

Germany’s Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years

Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time

Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production

Criminal probe launched after US Air Force spots drones over UK bases

Russian jets intercept B-52s during Baltic training flight

How NATO make-believe artillerists get comfy with a real-world foe

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