In the case of Japan, the sole country that has PAC-3 MSE production outside the US, there are components and parts of the assembly process that are NOFORN and have to be conducted by American Lockheed Martin employees who are based in Japan. The same would apply to Ukraine.
A strong message from @Braze_Baiba at the #NATOPA Standing Committee in #Riga 🇱🇻. Transatlantic unity and stepping up defence efforts remain essential to our collective security.
Spoke with @realDonaldTrump@POTUS. Constructive discussion and exchange of ideas on Nato, Ukraine and Iran. Problems are there to be solved, pragmatically.
Lifting sanctions on Russian oil in this way will not have the effect the administration is looking for. Is the EU or any other G7 nation lifting them too? No. Will a 30-day exemption that only includes oil already at sea make a dent in market forecasts? No.
In wrote in January that Ukrainian strikes on shadow fleet tankers may just be getting started.
Last week, the first sanctioned LNG tanker was critically hit in the central Mediterranean.
Russia only has 15 LNG tankers. Destroying one is a major win and unprecedented.
'Combined, this brings the number of shadow tankers likely felled or significantly damaged by Ukraine in 2025 up to at least 11, including eight crude oil tankers' writes Edward Wrong in the latest #RUSICommentary. https://t.co/6M9kBiplfD
'Combined, this brings the number of shadow tankers likely felled or significantly damaged by Ukraine in 2025 up to at least 11, including eight crude oil tankers' writes Edward Wrong in the latest #RUSICommentary. https://t.co/6M9kBiplfD
“The time has come for allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they have put on the use of weapons they have donated to Ukraine” - #NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg today @TheEconomist https://t.co/ETIu7ctqUf
NATO intercepted Russian military aircraft over 300 times in 2023.
Air policing provides security for Allies and NATO fighter jets are on duty around the clock, ready to scramble in case of suspicious or unannounced flights near Allied airspace
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At the #NATO Parliamentary Assembly, I condemned the terrorist attacks by Hamas against our partner #Israel – which has a right & responsibility to defend itself. I know Israel will overcome this difficult situation, and its future will continue to be bright.
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We strongly condemn today’s terrorist attacks by Hamas against NATO partner #Israel. Our thoughts are with the victims and all those affected. Terrorism is a fundamental threat to free societies, and Israel has the right to defend itself.