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German Bundeswehr Personnel Tops 190,000, Above Legal Growth Corridor for First Time
Germany’s Bundeswehr passed 190,000 active soldiers in early October, exceeding its legal 2026 growth corridor for the first time. Applications rose 29…
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Tornado-S Rocket Launcher Near Skadovsk in Occupied Kherson
Ukraine’s HUR says its Prymary unit hit a Russian 9K515 Tornado-S heavy rocket launcher near Skadovsk with successive kamikaze drones. The 300…
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Spanish A330 MRTT Fleet Complete: Ex-Iberia Airliners Now Refuel Spain’s Eurofighters
Airbus has delivered the third and final A330 MRTT to Spain, completing a 2021 order for three converted ex-Iberia airliners now with…
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Keen Sword 27: Japan and US Rehearse Island Defense Near Taiwan With 56,000 Troops
Keen Sword 27 opened on Ishigaki Island on October 19 with about 45,000 Japanese and 11,000 U.S. personnel plus seven partner nations,…
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Russia’s Hand-Launched Sokol-I Interceptor Drone Adopts Ukraine’s FPV Playbook
Russian Defense Ministry footage released October 8, 2026, shows the Sokol-I interceptor drone, a hand-launched foam aircraft flown by FPV operators into…
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Polish Leopard 2PLs Train for Night Combat on NATO’s Eastern Flank in Exercise Oak Fire
Polish Leopard 2PL crews of the 19th PKW Latvia rotation have completed Exercise Oak Fire at Ādaži, training offensive tasks, fire control…
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Why Keris Woomera 26 Matters: Australia Tests HIMARS, PC-21s and C-130Js in Indonesia
Australia and Indonesia closed the nine-day Keris Woomera 26 in East Java and the Bali Sea, where an Australian HIMARS fired overseas…
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Ukraine Claims First Drone Casualty Evacuation as Hexacopter Lifts Soldier From Kill Zone
A Ukrainian heavy hexacopter has lifted a wounded soldier out of a mined, drone-saturated position in what the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade…
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Polish Rocket Artillery Gains 290 km Reach as Homar-K Receives First CTM-290 Missiles
Poland’s Armament Agency has confirmed CTM-290 tactical ballistic missiles for the Homar-K, giving Polish rocket artillery a 290 km strike option, while…
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Spanish Navantia to Modernize Angolan Navy Patrol Vessels It Built in the 1990s
Navantia will repair and modernize the Angolan Navy patrol vessels Golfinho and Atlântico at its San Fernando shipyard, where both were completed…