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China’s military is building a massive complex in western Beijing that US intelligence believes will serve as a wartime command centre far larger than the Pentagon, according to current and former American officials.more

Oslo police have reported the arrest of five Polish citizens who were allegedly operating drones in a restricted area near the headquarters of the Norwegian counterintelligence service.more

Poland, which spends the highest percentage of GDP on defence among NATO countries, has become a leading military power in Europe, but its priority is still to maintain the US's involvement in the defence of the continent, the British weekly "Economist" assessed.more

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.more

The ‘100-year partnership’ agreement between the two countries, signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, allows for the deployment of British military bases on Ukrainian territory, according to the European Truth portal.more

Nato will establish a Baltic Guard to strengthen security in the Baltic using frigates, patrol aircraft and other armaments, Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced today at a conference in Helsinki during a summit with eight countries in the region and the EC.more

Iran and three major European powers - Germany, France and the UK - began two days of talks in Geneva last night on Iran's nuclear programme, the Iranian press reported, quoted by AFP.more

A coalition of countries led by the UK and Latvia has pledged to provide 30,000 FPV drones to Ukraine, AFP reported, quoting a statement from the UK defence ministry. The group, which formed in 2024, has already drawn up an order worth £45 million.more

A pistol, rifle and deactivated World War One machine gun were among the items lost or stolen from Ministry of Defence facilities over the past two years. Figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats show more than 700 phones, laptops, computers and USB sticks also went missing over the period.more

The United Kingdom will send a £225 million ($286 million) military aid package to Ukraine, focusing on bolstering its navy and air defense capabilities.more

Russia produces enough military equipment to equip an army equal to Germany's every 12 months. Europe needs to rearm, but countries either don't have the resources or don't want to cut spending on social programs. The Economist writes that a "coalition of the willing" may be the solution.more

In the assessment of the US services, the observed drone activity in and around New Jersey is hobby drones, commercial drones and police drones operating fully legally, announced US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. In doing so, he responded to allegations that authorities were hiding knowledge of ‘secret’ drones.more

The Royal Navy's last Trafalgar-Class attack submarine has completed its final voyage from Scotland to be decommissioned. HMS Triumph sailed from HM Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane in Argyll, to HMNB Devonport in Plymouth to retire after more than 20 years in service.more

The new EU defence commissioner, Andrius Kubilius, yesterday called for faster armament in Europe. "To be honest, we are not sufficiently prepared for a possible attack," he admitted in an interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).more

The Finnish military has ordered tenants in various parts of the country to leave residential homes adjacent to strategically important military facilities. Dozens of families have been ordered to move out in areas near airports in Lapland alone, as well as in central Finland. The houses will be demolished, Yle radio reported yesterday.more

Dutch F-35 fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Friday and escorted them at a distance over international waters to the border of the NATO area of ​​responsibility, the Dutch defence ministry said on Monday.more

The Ministry of Defence is war-gaming a major conflict to "stress-test" supplies of ammunition and equipment in a war time scenario. The MoD says it is the first war games to involve representatives of the defence industry – alongside military commanders and officials. more

Yesterday, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram announced the sending of F-35 multi-role aircraft and NASAMS anti-aircraft systems to Poland, which will protect the airspace over the logistics hub in Rzeszów.more

A British former UFO hunter has said he does not “rule out” recent drone incursions over RAF bases in England being connected to Russia and China and nuclear weapons.more

In the first 10 months of 2024, more Ukrainian soldiers have deserted than in the first two years of the war, the Financial Times reported. According to the British newspaper's sources, conscripts are also fleeing training abroad, including in Poland.more

If Russian leader Vladimir Putin vassalises Ukraine, he will not stop there, in which case the security of Britain, France, Europe, transatlantic security would be at risk, British MI6 intelligence chief Richard Moore warned in Paris yesterday.more

More than 1.3 million people would have been killed and 950,000 injured if an attack on Warsaw had taken place using a Russian R-36M2 nuclear missile (in NATO code: SS-18 Satan), according to the US ‘Newsweek’ today. The impact of attacks on major European cities was estimated by nuclear technology historian Professor Alex Wellerstein.more

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, talks about sending European troops to Ukraine are gaining momentum, writes the French daily ‘Le Monde’ on Monday. Paris, London and Warsaw, among others, could play a leading role in this initiative.more

The U.S. Air Force says a number of small drones were detected last week around three bases in eastern England that are used by American forces. The drones were spotted between Wednesday and Friday near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell. They were actively monitored after they were seen in the vicinity of and over the three bases, U.S. Air Forces Europe said in a statement.more

Rob Magowan told MPs the British Army ‘would fight tonight’ if asked amid rising tensions with Russia.more