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Swiss MoD Rules on Weapon Requests from Poland and Germany

Swiss MoD Rules on Weapon Requests from Poland and Germany

BERN — Germany and Poland have asked the Department of Defense (DDPS) to pass on material from previous or current army holdings. The DDPS has decided how to answer these requests.

Germany can freely dispose of Leopard 2 tanks that were sold back to Rheinmetall twelve years ago, since there ar…

Pentagon Details Steps to Joining NATO

Pentagon Details Steps to Joining NATO

Finland and Sweden filed letters of application to officially join The North Atlantic Treaty Organization on May 18, but joining NATO is not an overnight process.

State Department officials have said nations that want to enter NATO must meet five requirements:

1 New members must uphold democr…

GD Lays Keel of First Columbia-class SSBN

GD Lays Keel of First Columbia-class SSBN

QUONSET POINT, R.I. –– General Dynamics Electric Boat conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, June 4.

Keel laying is an event in which the initials of the boat’s sponsor are wel…

German Corvette Fires RBS-15 Missile At Land Target for First Time

German Corvette Fires RBS-15 Missile At Land Target for First Time

The corvette “Oldenburg” has now provided evidence that “the Navy is now able to use a precision-guided weapon against targets relatively far behind the coast,” as the Test Director of the Missile Firing Exercise 2022, Commander Nikolaus Hey, explains. “This step now officially enables the corvettes…
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