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[John Healey @JohnHealey_MP]

New defence deal secured 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸

Today, we announced the first ever AUKUS pillar 2 signature project.

Backed by over £150M, our new weapons and sensors for undersea drones will secure the High North and Indo Pacific.

We’re full steam ahead on AUKUS.

[Norwegian Ministry of Defence @Forsvarsdep]

Norway 🇳🇴 and France 🇫🇷 have signed a comprehensive defence agreement under which the two countries commit to come to each other’s aid should the need arise.

‘The Narvik Agreement is an important part of our hedging strategy. It will be a useful tool for safeguarding Norwegian defence and security interests at a time when Europe is having to strengthen its defence capabilities in order to increase its strategic autonomy,’ said Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik.

https://t.co/RS2wkVYiIA

@Armees_Gouv @toreosa @Statsmin_kontor @CaVautrin

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

The UK & Poland have been allies for years, today we've signed a new treaty that brings us even closer. Here's what it means at home:

🔩 Co-producing next-gen missiles in Britain
✈️ Building advanced air defence systems together
🤝 Sovereign supply chains and high-skilled jobs

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[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

BREAKING: Almost half a million Russian soldiers have been killed since Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine, Anne Keast-Butler, the director of the UK spy agency GCHQ, has revealed in an inaugural lecture. She says this figure is based on “new intelligence”.
"As we remain steadfast in our support for Ukraine, Putin is going backwards on the battlefield," Ms Keast-Butler says, speaking at Bletchley Park

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

European defense and security officials increasingly view Ukrainian capabilities as fundamental for the continent’s own future security https://t.co/SRKtui8OB8

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

An alternative to NATO requires more than acquiring weapons—it means creating a structure under which Europeans would fight https://t.co/DSKH3OvH9o

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Petraeus: The U.S. has not remotely learned the lessons it should from Ukraine.

This is the future of war: Ukraine alone uses 10,000 drones a day, and 90% of Russian casualties are caused by drones. That should force institutional change. 1/

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An interesting position on the future of #HybridWarfare

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Former NSA Director Michael Rogers: "I don't think anybody in the world has managed to achieve a significant level of deterrence when it comes to hybrid warfare."

"We've got to figure out if they [Russia] won't stop, how do you make them pay a price?"

#POLITICOTheSpeakeasy

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[NATO @NATO]

At the #NATOsummit in The Hague in 2025, Allies made a commitment to invest 5% of their annual GDP on core defence requirements and defence- and security-related spending by 2035.

Learn more about the 5% commitment→ https://t.co/BiccEdvriA

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[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Swedish Defense Minister @PlJonson has warned against inserting a "European preference" into EU defense procurement rules.

"My responsibility, first and foremost, is to get weapons in the hands of the Swedish warfighters," he said.

#POLITICOTheSpeakeasy
#GLOBSEC2026

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[James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @jcartlidgemp]

In Government, we provided Ukraine with brilliant, ground-breaking UK drone tech. As Minister, I launched a strategy to deliver that same kit for our own armed forces - at scale, in parallel. Then Labour froze procurement, and we’re still waiting for the Defence Investment Plan.

[NATO @NATO]

Chiefs of Defence meet at NATO HQ this week to discuss the Alliance’s priorities and milestones for the #NATOsummit, strengthening our deterrence and defence, NATO-led missions, activities and operations, Ukraine, and defence planning.

Learn more ↓

https://t.co/A8OiGKnU3l

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[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: Sweden was an incredible addition to NATO. It made the alliance much stronger.

Sweden has a mature defense industrial base that it now brought into NATO, so the ability to work on aircraft together is extraordinary. 💪