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“The fact that we are very keen to keep our unity in Washington … [means] we would not like to see divisional points [made] among allied countries and we know as well that it’s not an easy discussion point for many allied countries,” said Tuuli Duneton, Estonia’s Undersecretary for Defense Policy.
By Tim Martin![Is the precision revolution in warfare fading away?](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/07/8367481-scaled-e1719929733574-225x150.jpg)
In this op-ed, Mark Cancian of CSIS lays out how the DoD can overcome countermeasures of precision munitions.
By Mark Cancian![BAE Systems receives UK Sting Ray torpedo MLU assessment contract](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/07/1573696008791-225x150.jpeg)
New investment in the Mod 2 design is in keeping with a 10-year Sting Ray MLU program forecast valued by the MoD at a maximum of £1 billion ($1.3 billion) out to 2032.
By Tim Martin![Canadian Defence Minister: Our Commitment to NATO is growing in Europe and the Arctic](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/07/GettyImages-2157414961-scaled-e1719856571160-225x150.jpg)
In this exclusive op-ed, Minister of National Defence for Canada Bill Blair discusses Canada’s investments into NATO and how it plans to remain a committed ally.
By Bill Blair![Baltic defensive bunker line not meant to stop Russian attack, but ‘shape’ it: General](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240624_estonian_firing_position_EDF-e1719248330992-225x150.jpg)
Before leaving his post as head of Estonia’s defense forces, Gen. Martin Herem laid out his vision for the ambitious Baltic defensive line project, and dispelled some misconceptions.
By Lee Ferran![What the Russia-Iran ‘comprehensive agreement’ means for Western security interests](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/240322_putin_raisi_GettyImages-1831199252-scaled-e1711121431950-225x150.jpg)
“A comprehensive agreement might formalize closer political ties, potentially strengthening their shared opposition to the West, particularly in light of the Ukraine conflict and sanctions,” Mohammed Soliman, director of Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program at the Middle East Institute said.
By Agnes Helou![Boeing to become supplier on B-21, V-280 after $8.3 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/1013520-scaled-e1715803652265-225x150.jpg)
If approved by US regulators, the agreement would reunite Boeing with the Wichita-based production facilities it spun off in 2005 in a bid to lower costs.
By Valerie Insinna![P-8 LRASM testing expected to wrap this summer, Boeing official says](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/p8-in-flight-scaled-e1716572561901-225x150.jpg)
Boeing will also soon begin flight testing a multimission pod developed with internal funds, according to company official Jon Spore.
By Michael Marrow![Space Force working with SpaceX to closely watch falling Starlinks](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/220830_starlink_sky_streak_GettyImages-1231167449-scaled-e1661980807658-225x150.jpg)
The Space Force today circulated a fact sheet explaining what the service called a “proactive” and “collaborative” effort to keep tabs on Starlink re-entries as SpaceX begins to de-orbit some 100 early variants.
By Theresa Hitchens![Skynode S: Auterion autonomy kit lets attack drones fly through jamming](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/GettyImages-2157854186-scaled-e1719597927497-225x150.jpg)
Just announced on Thursday but already quietly combat-tested in Ukraine, the palm-sized Skynode S card makes small drones much less dependent on an uninterrupted wireless link to a human remote controller.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
In this op-ed, Rebecca Grant of the Lexington Institute argues that the Air Force can’t hit pause on NGAD if the US is to survive the INDOPACOM “Hellscape”
By Rebecca Grant