Tag: NATO
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€2.1 billion for new Bundeswehr communications satellites, while spy satellites still do not provide images
The German Armed Forces have awarded a contract for three communications satellites to Airbus. In the parallel “SARah” spy programme of competitor OHB, key components remain blocked in space. The German Bundeswehr has awarded the main contract for the next…
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Operation “Irini”: EU transfers seized military equipment to third countries
After Ghana, another state is to receive “land vehicles for military purposes” seized in an EU mission off Libya. The EU passes on military equipment to third countries that was seized in the military mission “Irini” off Libya. After a…
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Using captured tablets of soldiers from the “battlefield”: Hacking attacks on Starlink in Ukraine
Cyberattacks by the hacker group “Sandworm” from Russia are said to have targeted Internet terminals of Starlink in Ukraine for a considerable time. The German government now wants to finance alternative devices from Sweden. The Ukrainian domestic secret service SSU…
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Turkey became a global armed drone power, with sales of the “TB2” in almost 30 countries
The Turkish military uses its drones at home and abroad in violation of international law, and foreign buyers also follow this practice. The country’s drone industry is aiming higher. Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Morocco, Tunisia and Serbia: the list…