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Global military spending - from ammunition to nuclear weapons - increased by 9% in 2023. compared to 2022, reaching a record level of USD 2.2 trillion, and this year it will increase even more - said the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).more

"Norway is facing the most serious threat in decades. Russia is stronger than a year ago and is in the process of gaining the upper hand in the war in Ukraine, the outcome of which will be decisive for Europe," said the head of Norwegian military intelligence, Nils Andreas Stensones.more

Yesterday, the British armed forces began an in-depth review of the "diversity and inclusion" policy ordered by Defense Minister Grant Shapps, which he argues weakens their combat capabilities.more

Poland is pursuing the fastest and most ambitious programme of armed forces expansion not seen in continental Europe for decades, according to the British daily 'The Times'.more

The British Army, in order to meet its stated levels of 'diversity and inclusivity', wants to increase recruitment of soldiers overseas by lowering the security requirements for admission, 'The Sunday Telegraph' revealed yesterday.more

Denmark should accelerate military investments because new intelligence data indicate that Russia may attack one of the NATO countries within 3-5 years, said Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen in the Jyllands-Posten daily.more

The UK’s ability to fight an all-out war would be marred by the armed forces’ capability, stockpile shortages and a recruitment crisis, MPs have been told. The Commons defence committee heard that the “hollowing out” of the armed forces since 2010 had undermined the UK’s war fighting resilience, and the army would exhaust its capabilities “after the first couple of months” in a peer-on-peer war.more

One of the UK’s two state-of-the-art aircraft carriers will not take part in the largest Nato exercise in Europe since the cold war after last-minute checks identified a problem with its propeller.more

The US and UK have launched joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen. It comes after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski has already decided to replace the supreme commander of the armed forces, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the British Financial Times reported yesterday, citing four people familiar with the situation.more

Yemen's Houthi rebels again attacked the British ship HMS Diamond using a drone, but their attack was successfully repelled, the British Ministry of Defense said yesterday. This was the third attack on this ship in a month and a half.more

Due to the growing threat from Russia, the US is planning to deploy nuclear weapons on UK soil again after a 15-year hiatus, the 'Daily Telegraph' reported yesterday, quoting Pentagon documents on the matter.more

It's time to think about restoring conscription in Great Britain in the event of war with Russia - the threat of war was expressed yesterday by the former deputy commander of NATO forces in Europe, General Richard Shirreff, referring to the warning expressed the day before by the commander of the British army.more

Ordinary citizens should be "trained and equipped" to fight in the military in the event of war with Russia, because the current size of the armed forces is insufficient, British Army Commander Gen Patrick Sanders announced yesterday.more

There is a shortage of soldiers in the Bundeswehr and, to remedy this, Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius recently put forward the idea of accepting soldiers without German citizenship into the armed forces. The head of the defence committee in the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, supports such a solution.more

Britain does not seek confrontation with Yemen's Houthi rebels, but will strike again if their attacks on ships in the Red Sea continue, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday.more

US and UK troops carried out further strikes on Huti rebel targets in Yemen overnight Monday-Tuesday, the Huti news agency al-Masirah reported in a brief communication. The information was confirmed by sources in the US Department of Defence.more

A leaked secret military report shows that Germany is analyzing the option of abandoning Ukraine by the United States and emboldening Russia to the extent that it will invade Poland - reported the most popular Australian news portal news.com.au.more

The British Ministry of Defense announced yesterday a successful test of a high-power laser weapon against an airborne target. In the future, these weapons will become a cheap alternative to missiles for shooting down targets such as drones.more

The European Union is conducting an audit of how many weapons individual member states have supplied to Ukraine since Russia's invasion of the country, in response to allegations that some have not sent as many as they could, the UK's 'Financial Times' reported.more

The joint US and UK attacks on Huti rebel targets in Yemen were intended to be a "limited, single action" - explained British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday, reporting in the House of Commons on last week's operation.more

The UK will send 20,000 troops to one of NATO's biggest military drills since the Cold War as the alliance practices repelling an invasion by Russian forces, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced today.more

An accidental premature detonation of a mine alerted the Germans and led to the massacre of 20,000 British soldiers during the Battle of the Somme. This was the discovery made by scientists who first studied German fortifications on Hawthorn Ridge near Beaumont Hamel in northern France. The explosion in question, which occurred on 1 July 1916, was a colossal mistake by the British.more

The UK is ready to strike at Huti rebel positions in Yemen again if they continue to attack merchant ships crossing the Red Sea, foreign secretary David Cameron announced today.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak travelled to Kiev today with assurances of increased military aid to the Ukrainian military, the British government has reported. London will allocate £2.5 billion in the new fiscal year 2024/25, 200 million more than in previous years, it added.more