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The US missile defence base in Redzikowo, Poland, called Aegis Ashore, is part of NATO's missile defence shield and is designed to detect, track and intercept ballistic missiles.
The United States has announced plans to deploy long-range weapons to Germany in 2026.
Airbus has signed a $2.27 billion contract with the German Army for the third phase of a new generation of secure military satellite.
As part of a proposal from the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence, the Lithuanian government approved the consideration of withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
The Danish government has announced that it will finance the production of 18 Ukrainian 2C22 Bogdan wheeled howitzers, which will later be put into service with the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
In March, it became known that the Netherlands would transfer €150m worth of armaments for Ukrainian F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. Now the country's defence ministry has announced an additional package.
The new contract is worth $579.3 million. BAE Systems will produce the systems. The systems are planned to be manufactured at plants in the USA. By the way, in addition to the UAS, the US Army will also receive special artillery transport vehicles M992A3. The contract is planned to be completed by the end of 2029.
In August last year it became known that Norway was planning to transfer F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukarine. Now there is information about how many aircraft it will be and when they will arrive.
This was announced by the representative of the US Department of State, Metthew Miller. We are talking about 2 billion, which will be allocated under the Foreign Military Financing programme. This money will be used to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.
This was reported by Bloomberg, citing the words of the new British Prime Minister. We are talking about long-range Storm Shadow missiles. Previously, the UK allowed only temporarily occupied territories and border areas to be hit with them. Thanks to the new permission, Ukraine will be able to strike airfields and other Russian military facilities deep inside the country with British missiles.
Russia has changed its missile strike tactics, especially after the occupiers hit several targets in Ukraine, including a children's hospital, to "maximise damage".
Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurinas Kasciunas said that Russia has successfully restored its "military" economy and is now producing much more artillery ammunition than before the war in Ukraine
Since the beginning of 2024, the Ministry of Defence has codified and approved more than 60 domestic ammunition models of various types for the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
This became known during the first day of the NATO summit in Washington on 9 July, Voice Of America journalist Ostap Yarysh has reported. Ukraine will soon receive an additional SAMP-T surface-to-air missile system. It will be handed over by Italy.
According to new satellite imagery, Iran has been able to significantly expand its ballistic missile production facilities by expanding production at military sites.
