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France has awarded contracts worth more than €1.5 billion for a new generation of military reconnaissance satellites, seeking to preserve its ability to collect independent intelligence from space as European armed forces become increasingly dependent on orbital surveillance and communications.
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Ukraine and Finland are developing joint defence manufacturing projects worth approximately €300 million, including unmanned systems and wider industrial cooperation.
The arrangements combine Ukrainian battlefield experience with Finnish technology and production capabilities, providing a potential model for strengthening Europe’s defence industry.
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Taiwan’s defence minister says Chinese naval forces are conducting anti-access and area-denial exercises in the Western Pacific, involving the Liaoning aircraft carrier and other formations. The operations highlight Beijing’s efforts to complicate potential US and allied military intervention during a crisis over Taiwan.
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The European Union has extended its military assistance mission for Ukraine until November 2028, allocating nearly €300 million and agreeing to establish a presence inside Ukraine to strengthen coordination with the country’s armed forces.
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European defence expenditure is rising rapidly, but national procurement systems continue to undermine the efficiency of military investment.
Discussions between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and EU finance ministers on 9th November have brought a central problem into focus: Europe is allocating more money to defence without necessarily delivering military capabilities at the same pace.
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BLUE DOME strengthens Belgium’s air defence through a layered approach, combining NASAMS and SKYRANGER 30 to counter modern aerial threats. The programme also marks the reactivation of 51 SQN, strengthening Belgium’s future ground-based air defence capability. 🛡️ @BelgiumDefence

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Europe finally gets serious about the Muslim Brotherhood, by Nigel Goodrich https://t.co/uIl9Q9NlCo via @EU_Global_News

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The European Commission has announced dedicated funding for a Black Sea Maritime Security Hub coordinated by Romania and Bulgaria, alongside additional support for Romanian rescue operations.
The initiative could improve regional surveillance and information sharing, but important questions remain about how detected threats to commercial shipping would be intercepted.
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Deadly Congo Attack Forces Ebola Patients to Flee as Militants Disrupt Disease Response https://t.co/e82M8FAYFI via @EU_Global_News

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Democratic control of Congress has unsettled American and European defence markets, raising questions about President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion military budget and the future of several major weapons programmes.
The implications could extend across NATO procurement and transatlantic defence cooperation.
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European manufacturer Destinus says it has produced more than 1,750 Ruta cruise missiles and is approaching an output of 300 a month. The figures suggest a change in Europe’s defence industrial capacity, but military planners face a separate challenge: turning higher production into sustainable operational capability.
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Lieutenant General Christian Freuding will become Germany’s highest-ranking military officer in February 2027, assuming command responsibility during the country’s largest defence expansion in decades. His experience directing military assistance to Ukraine provides Berlin with a commander familiar with modern drone warfare, but the challenge will be translating battlefield lessons into operationally ready German forces.
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Polish security services have charged six people over an alleged operation to move ammunition components into Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
Investigators say the network operated for more than two years, exposing the challenges of enforcing military export controls across Europe’s borders while Moscow seeks to sustain weapons production during its war against Ukraine.
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EU Today has been subjected to a SLAPP following an exposé of Russia sanctions busting. We were in the right, but we could not afford the legal battle. We had no choice but to take the article down.
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#BreakingNews: A British citizen is among six people killed in a shooting incident in Krakow, the commander-in-chief of Poland's police says. Marek Boron says three Polish citizens were also killed, with two yet to be identified.
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The Royal Navy has successfully launched one-way attack drones from HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, demonstrating how relatively inexpensive unmanned weapons could operate alongside F-35B fighter aircraft.
The trials form part of Britain’s wider effort to transform its aircraft carriers into platforms combining conventional aviation with autonomous systems.
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