Everything comes down to Ukraine: 5 stories from Europe in 2024
Of all that happened during the Ukraine conflict in the last 12 months, the deployment of North Korean troops to the Russian border territory of Kursk stands out from the pack.
Of all that happened during the Ukraine conflict in the last 12 months, the deployment of North Korean troops to the Russian border territory of Kursk stands out from the pack.
Leonardo’s new partnership arrives less than a month after it abruptly ended cooperation with Franco-German KNDS to jointly develop the Leopard 2A8 MBT after failing to agree on a mutually acceptable configuration.
After a high-level meeting, both stressed a separate European Defense Fund effort is no competition for the Main Ground Combat System.
Funding for the items like protective gear and NVGs will be provided from the government’s €100 billon special arms fund, a seismic uplift in defense spending aimed at ending decades of peacetime underfunding and acquiring new military equipment at pace to deter Russian aggression.