Europe

BAE to spend $2.2 billion for United Technologies and Raytheon systems

BAE Systems agreed to buy key electronic systems from US peers Raytheon and United Technologies whose planned merger necessitated asset sales

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France upgrades small arms with Glock pistols, SCAR precision rifle procurements

France's military is replacing its pistols with the Glock 17 and replacing the FR F2 with a 7.62 mm, 20-inch barrel variant of FN Herstal's SCAR precision rifle

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NATO ambassadors to meet in Brussels over Iran concerns

NATO ambassadors will meet at their Brussels headquarters as Middle East tensions mount after US forces killed a top Iranian general

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Russia says first Avangard hypersonic missile enters service

Russian defense minister Sergey Shoygu told President Vladimir Putin that the country's first Avangard hypersonic missiles have been put into service

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Russian security service member killed in shooting near FSB headquarters

A member of the Russian Federal Security Service was killed in a shootout near the FSB headquarters in central Moscow

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NATO facing most ‘complex’ security environment in its history, Stoltenberg says

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the powerful Western military alliance was facing the most "complex security" environment in its history amid rising tensions

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Turkey delivers Bayraktar TB2 drone to northern Cyprus

A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 military drone was delivered to northern Cyprus amid growing tensions over Turkey's deal with Libya

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Fire on Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov extinguished

Emergency workers have extinguished the fire that broke out on the Russian navy's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov

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Russia’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov catches fire in Arctic shipyard

A fire broke out on Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, as it underwent repairs in an Artic shipyard

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Turkey deports 11 foreign fighters to France

Turkey sent 11 French "foreign terrorist fighters" back to France, the Turkish interior ministry said, as part of a push to repatriate ISIS fighters

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