Cigarette bundles smuggled through balloons from Belarus

Balloon Threat Evolves: F-22 Raptor Shootdown a Chinese Spy Balloon, NATO Now Grapples With Cigarette-Laden Balloons Over Its Eastern Flank

NATO is grappling with an unusual but increasingly disruptive challenge along its eastern border: balloons filled with helium or hydrogen drifting in from Belarus into the airspace of Lithuania and Poland. At first glance, the objects appear almost farcical—low-tech, slow-moving,...
Rafale

Rafale Fighters Armed With SCALP Missiles Lead France’s High-Intensity ‘Topaze’ Exercise, Simulating Deep-Strike Retaliation Against Russia-Like Peer Threat

France’s Air and Space Force has deliberately raised the realism and intensity of its combat training with the execution of Exercise Topaze, a large-scale operational drill centred on Rafale multirole fighters armed with SCALP cruise missiles. Conducted on January 27,...
Greece warships

Why Greece Is Building Mediterranean Quad With India, Israel and Cyprus as Turkey Pursues an ‘Islamic NATO’ Security Architecture

Athens’ outreach to New Delhi reflects deepening fears that Turkey’s military convergence with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia could reshape regional power balances across energy, maritime and defence domains. Greece’s ambitious push to create a “Mediterranean Quad” alliance integrating Greece, Cyprus,...
NATO Is Readying Soldiers for a Frozen Arctic War as Russia and China Eye Region, Training Troops to Fight on Skis and Snowmobiles

NATO Is Readying Soldiers for a Frozen Arctic War as Russia and China eye region, Training Troops to Fight on Skis and Snowmobiles

 Soldiers moved cautiously through a snow-covered forest in Finland’s far north, their white camouflage melting into the trees as their skis slid almost silently across the frozen ground. Spotting an unaware enemy patrol ahead, they dropped to a knee, lined...
NATO Troops Turkey, Afghanistan War

NATO Troops in Afghanistan, Minimal Losses! Why Trump’s Claim That Allies ‘Stayed Off the Front Lines’ Rings True for Turkey

S President Donald Trump has once again stirred controversy within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), this time by questioning the frontline commitment of allied forces during the two-decade-long war in Afghanistan. His remarks have reopened old wounds among US...
Greenland

US Defense Strategy Downgrades Europe, Elevates Greenland as Washington Pivots Toward Homeland Security and China Deterrence

The United States has formally downgraded Europe in its global defense priorities while elevating Greenland to a core homeland security concern, according to a newly released National Defense Strategy that underscores Washington’s strategic pivot toward China and the Western Hemisphere....
NATO Allies, Afghanistan

NATO Allies Rebuke Trump Over Afghanistan Remarks, Citing Frontline Combat and Heavy Casualties Alongside US Forces

America’s NATO allies have pushed back forcefully against U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that allied forces stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan, with European leaders, defense officials and veterans calling the remarks inaccurate and...
Donald Trump - Volodymyr Zelenskyy

As Russia Freezes Ukraine in Winter Strikes, Europe Confronts a New Reality of Defending Itself Without United States

While much of the world this week was consumed by political shockwaves emanating from Washington — including a threat that the United States could take military action against a NATO ally and fears of a transatlantic trade war that briefly...
Italian Eurofighter Typhoon - Russian Be-200 aircraft

NATO Scrambles to Monitor and Intercept Rare Russian Amphibious Aircraft Approaching Baltic Sea, Reinforcing Baltic Air Security Measures

NATO Air Command confirmed that Italian Eurofighter Typhoon jets deployed to Amari Air Base in Estonia were scrambled at 11:30 a.m. on January 16 to intercept a Russian Be-200 aircraft approaching the Baltic Sea. The interception formed part of NATO’s...
Teledyne FLIR Defense Secures $32 Million U.S. Army Contract to Equip Bulgaria’s Stryker Vehicles with Advanced Reconnaissance Kit

Teledyne FLIR Defense Secures $32 Million U.S. Army Contract to Equip Bulgaria’s Stryker Vehicles with Advanced Reconnaissance Kit

Teledyne FLIR Defense has announced a significant U.S. Army contract worth up to $32 million to deliver and integrate a state-of-the-art Recon Surveillance Kit (RSK) for Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICVs) being provided to Bulgaria under the Foreign Military Sales...
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