Finland, Latvia To Jointly Procure 360 Land Vehicles; Estonia, Sweden Could Join

Finland, Latvia To Jointly Procure 360 Land Vehicles; Estonia, Sweden Could Join
Finland, Latvia To Jointly Procure 360 Land Vehicles; Estonia, Sweden Could Join

The agreement includes an order from Latvia for the delivery of 200 APC variant vehicles and another 160 for Finland.

NATO Kicks Off New Burden-Sharing, Tech Efforts

NATO Kicks Off New Burden-Sharing, Tech Efforts
NATO Kicks Off New Burden-Sharing, Tech Efforts

“It’s no secret that over the last four years we had some difficult discussions inside NATO,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. “But now we look to the future, and the future is that we now have an administration in the United States.”

US OKs F-35s & F-18s For Finland Fighter Fight

US OKs F-35s & F-18s For Finland Fighter Fight
US OKs F-35s & F-18s For Finland Fighter Fight

The new fighters are part of a much larger modernization effort in Helsinki that includes replacing seven retiring guided missile ships with four bleeding edge multirole corvettes.

Military AI Coalition Of 13 Countries Meets On Ethics

Military AI Coalition Of 13 Countries Meets On Ethics
Military AI Coalition Of 13 Countries Meets On Ethics

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center convened a dozen foreign partners, ranging from NATO allies to Israel, Japan, Korea, and neutral Finland & Sweden.

Latvia Wants US Troops, And Is Ready To Pay For Them

Latvia Wants US Troops, And Is Ready To Pay For Them
Latvia Wants US Troops, And Is Ready To Pay For Them

The Baltic country is looking to open talks with the US about putting American boots on the ground in Latvia, a move that would surely make Moscow unhappy.

Stalled Polish Missile Defense Site Needs Extra $96M, 2 Years

Stalled Polish Missile Defense Site Needs Extra $96M, 2 Years
Stalled Polish Missile Defense Site Needs Extra $96M, 2 Years

Getting problem-plagued ballistic missile defense site online is an ever-higher-priority for the Pentagon as Iran and Russia move out on new missiles.

Defense Chief: With Giant Exercise Looming, Poland Looks To Lead Central Europe

Defense Chief: With Giant Exercise Looming, Poland Looks To Lead Central Europe
Defense Chief: With Giant Exercise Looming, Poland Looks To Lead Central Europe

With $12 billion in weapons purchases from US firms over the past year and a close relationship with President Trump, Poland needs to “get used to being a leader” in Europe, Chief of the Polish armed forces, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, says.

Titan Robot Test-Fires Javelin Anti-Tank Missile

Titan Robot Test-Fires Javelin Anti-Tank Missile
Titan Robot Test-Fires Javelin Anti-Tank Missile

It’s one small test for a robot, one tactical leap for robot-kind.

Estonia Inks ‘Big’ New US Defense Deal, Eyes On Russia

Estonia Inks ‘Big’ New US Defense Deal, Eyes On Russia
Estonia Inks ‘Big’ New US Defense Deal, Eyes On Russia

The Baltic nation is focusing on its ground forces, and acquiring new armor, Howitzers. air defense missiles, and rifles as it shoots past NATO’s 2 percent spending threshold.

Can’t Spend? Won’t Spend? 4 Lessons From NATO’s Bottom Lines

Can’t Spend? Won’t Spend? 4 Lessons From NATO’s Bottom Lines
Can’t Spend? Won’t Spend? 4 Lessons From NATO’s Bottom Lines

Most NATO nations don’t pay much. Most nations CAN’T pay much. Most spend on the wrong things. But most of them are moving in the right direction.

Nordics Mobilize To Send Russians Clear Message: We Shall Not Be Cowed

Nordics Mobilize To Send Russians Clear Message: We Shall Not Be Cowed
Nordics Mobilize To Send Russians Clear Message: We Shall Not Be Cowed

Vladimir Putin has clearly focused on expanding Russian influence in the areas of strategic interest to Russia such as the region that stretches from the Baltics to the Nordics. Proof? They have generated major military exercises designed to influence behavior, such as last year’s Zapad 2018. They have issued nuclear threats against the Danes and the…

Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces

Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces
Israel Deploying to Eastern Europe, Pacific for First Time Alongside U.S. Forces

The Trump Pentagon is undergoing a major shift to focus on great power competition. And it’s looking for allies to step up in places that might come as a surprise.

Top NATO General (A Czech) To Europe: ‘Grow Up’

Top NATO General (A Czech) To Europe: ‘Grow Up’
Top NATO General (A Czech) To Europe: ‘Grow Up’

WASHINGTON: After two decades of watching the American share of the NATO budget grow from 50 to 75 percent, the alliance’s leadership is determined to learn how to operate without the usual American help, even as nationalist movements roil the capitals of the transAtlantic alliance and Vladimir Putin hacks his way through democratic elections. Meeting…

Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia

Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia
Electronic Warfare Trumps Cyber For Deterring Russia

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: NATO’s plans to defend the Baltic States are “inadequate” because they don’t take full account of Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities, a leading expert warns. The Russians are hardly invincible, Roger McDermott emphasized at CSIS on Monday. The story of them “shutting down” the Aegis radar on the USS Cook…