[ad_1] Amid changing geopolitical relations, wars and rising tensions, the year 2024 saw the steepest rise in worldwide military expenditure since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion, researchers said Monday. The military spending increased worldwide with particularly rapid growth in Europe and the Middle East– the epicentre of two major conflicts in…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning regarding the potential deployment of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, saying that Russia would target and destroy these jets just as it has with other Western-supplied military equipment. This declaration comes amidst discussions among several Nato countries about donating F-16s to Kiev…
[ad_1] NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called for unity among the member states. A minister in Germany has called for the UK and France to form a “nuclear shield” against Russia. According to The Guardian, Christian Lindner made the suggestion in the wake of remarks made by Donald Trump on Saturday that he would not defend…
[ad_1] In a significant display of military readiness, the US Navy dock landing ship Gunston Hall embarked on a pivotal journey from Norfolk on Wednesday. This departure signifies the commencement of the Steadfast Defender 2024, Nato‘s most extensive military exercise since the Cold War era. The drills, set to continue through May, are expected to…
[ad_1] The exercise is designed to simulate the 31-nation alliance’s response to an attack. Brussels: NATO on Wednesday began its biggest military exercise since the Cold War with a US warship leaving the United States for transit across the Atlantic to alliance territory in Europe. The Western military alliance has said some 90,000 troops will…
[ad_1] NATO has said it is launching its largest exercise since Cold War (File) The scale of NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises mark an “irrevocable return” of the alliance to Cold War schemes, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the state RIA news agency in remarks published on Sunday. NATO said on Thursday it…
[ad_1] BRUSSELS: Nato is launching its largest exercise since the Cold War, rehearsing how U.S. troops could reinforce European allies in countries bordering Russia and on the alliance’s eastern flank if a conflict were to flare up with a “near-peer” adversary. Some 90,000 troops are due to join the Steadfast Defender 2024 drills that will…
[ad_1] Europe is bracing for the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin might escalate the conflict in Ukraine and extend hostilities to Nato member states, as indicated by leaked documents from the German Ministry of Defense, published by the German newspaper BILD. These documents suggest that Germany‘s military is preparing for a potential “hybrid” Russian…
