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"USA will triple the production of artillery ammunition: 100,000 155-mm shells per month", - James Mingus

In particular, this will be achieved thanks to the allocation of aid to Ukraine.


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βš”οΈπŸ‡»πŸ‡³ The Vietnamese Ministry of Defense announced its intention to purchase 155-mm K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers from the South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace

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Vessels in Stavanger, Norway - April 26, 2024

- Spanish Navy Alvaro de Bazan-class air defence frigate ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbon (F102)
- German Navy Brandenburg-class frigate FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (F218)
- HMS Portland (F79) Duke-class frigate
- RFA Tidesurge (A138) Tide-class replenishment tanker
- Royal Netherlands Navy Karel Doorman-class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel (F831)

Reason is a multi-national exercise in the Scandinavian countries


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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έβš”οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Spain will provide Ukraine with a small number of Patriot missiles, per the newspaper El Pais.

They remained opposed to providing any of the units themselves though. The battery deployed in Turkey since 2013 will remain there.


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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Russian Navy Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette RFS Sovetsk (577) southbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark - April 26, 2024 - WarshipCam

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BREAKING βœˆοΈπŸ‡­πŸ‡· – Croatia: The Croatian Air Force has received its first 6 Rafales from Dassault Aviation.

The Croatian Air Force has ordered 12 Rafales in total to replace the ten Mig-21s, the other 6 Rafales will be delivered at the beginning of 2025.


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BREAKING – Germany decided to provide a third Patriot air-defense system for Ukraine - Stoltenberg

β€œThis is an example that the rest of the alliance should follow,” said the NATO Secretary General.

Source: Smotri Media

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⚑BREAKING – Belgium defence ministry says it will supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets this year, earlier than planned

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Sec Def Austin announced $6 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative package for Ukraine, includes Patriot missiles, AMRAAMs for NASAMS, additional CUAS assets, artillery ammo, and more. No mention of new Patriot batteries though.

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡΅βš”οΈπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ French & German defense ministers signed a deal for a Franco-German armaments project worth billions of euros. It includes developing a new battle tank to replace Germany's Leopard 2 and France's Leclerc.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his French counterpart, Sebastien Lecornu, announced that their countries were ready to move ahead with a jointly developed new tank that would become the central pillar of their ground defenses.

Pistorius signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of the next-generation tank, the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS), during a visit to France on Friday. The tank is meant to replace Germany's Leopard 2 battle tank and France's Leclerc.


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Defense technology company QinetiQ tried England's first manned-unmanned aircraft teaming.

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HUGE βœˆοΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ – Planned US Air Force divestments and procurements for FY2025

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