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Washington (AFP) - The US House of Representatives voted Friday to reauthorize an electronic urveillance program targeting foreigners, a practice officials say is critical to national security but criticized by opponents over concerns for American citizens' privacy. The Republican-controlled House voted to reauthorize a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, widely known as FISA, by a bipartisan vote of 273-147. A part of the program known as Section 702 allows US intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance of foreigners outside the United States. While...
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Lockheed Martin has won a major contract from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the US aerospace and defence firm and the agency said on Thursday in a statement. The MDA has awarded an "indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract" with a maximum ceiling amount of about $4.1 billion, Lockheed Martin said. The ordering period spans from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2029, with an option to extend through April 30, 2034. The contract is aimed at accelerating innovation and sustaining Lockheed Martin's leadership in developing the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications ...
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The defence sector has emerged as one of the best performers in the past two years, spurred by the Ukraine-Russia war. Notably, the European defence and aerospace stocks have been outpacing their US peers, with Germany's biggest arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall's shares soaring approximately 540% since February 2022. Other defence stocks such as the biggest British aerospace manufacturer, BAE Systems, and the French defence corporation, Safran, rose 114% and 176%, during the same period. However, the record run has taken a breather following a cautionary note from the investment bank Goldman Sac...
Euronews (English)
After reaching a record high in 2023, export licences for German weapons and military equipment continued to rise at the beginning of this year due to increasing arms deliveries to Ukraine. From January 1 to March 27, the German government approved the export of military goods worth at least €4.89 billion ($5.31 billion), almost as much as in the entire first half of 2023 with €5.22 billion. Almost three quarters of this (72%) is destined for Ukraine, which is being supported by Germany in its defence campaign against Russia. The information was released by the Economy Ministry in response to ...
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After reaching a record high in 2023, export licences for German weapons and military equipment continued to rise at the beginning of this year due to increasing arms deliveries to Ukraine. From January 1 to March 27, the German government approved the export of military goods worth at least €4.89 billion ($5.31 billion), almost as much as in the entire first half of 2023 with €5.22 billion. Almost three quarters of this (72%) is destined for Ukraine, which is being supported by Germany in its defence campaign against Russia. The information was released by the Economy Ministry in response to ...
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After reaching a record high in 2023, export licences for German weapons and military equipment continued to rise at the beginning of this year due to increasing arms deliveries to Ukraine. From January 1 to March 27, the German government approved the export of military goods worth at least €4.89 billion ($5.31 billion), almost as much as in the entire first half of 2023 with €5.22 billion. Almost three quarters of this (72%) is destined for Ukraine, which is being supported by Germany in its defence campaign against Russia. The information was released by the Economy Ministry in response to ...
DPA Breaking News
After reaching a record high in 2023, export licences for German weapons and military equipment continued to rise at the beginning of this year due to increasing arms deliveries to Ukraine. From January 1 to March 27, the German government approved the export of military goods worth at least €4.89 billion ($5.31 billion), almost as much as in the entire first half of 2023 with €5.22 billion. Almost three quarters of this (72%) is destined for Ukraine, which is being supported by Germany in its defence campaign against Russia. The information was released by the Economy Ministry in response to ...
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The armoured vehicle skids to a halt in front of the trench and out bursts half a dozen Ukrainian soldiers. Within seconds, smoke grenades obscure the scene, and the sound of gunshots rips through the air. The clear blue sky makes it easier for the Ukrainians to hear the drone flying dozens of metres overhead but confusion ensues: is the drone commandeered by one of their own or by the enemy? A Ukrainian soldier briefly shoots at it but then shifts his focus instead to the 200 metres of trench lying ahead. Speed, here, is of the essence. Thirty minutes later, the Ukrainians have safely detonat...
Euronews (English)
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The United States and Europe must stick together, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden said on Thursday, as the Western military alliance turned 75 menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. The Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 re-invigorated NATO as it was confronted by one of the most serious challenges since it emerged from the ashes of World War II to counter the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact group. The alliance has bolstered its forces across eastern Europe and grown to 32 members after...
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Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The NATO military alliance on Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of its founding treaty in Washington. Here are some facts and figures about the organisation forged in the Cold War and re-energised by Russia's war on Ukraine. 12 to 32Just 12 countries were founder members of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 as the United States, Canada and much of western Europe clubbed together to face up to the threat of former World War II ally the Soviet Union. As the alliance's first Secretary General Lord Ismay quipped, NATO's purpose was to "keep the Soviet U...
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