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17 December

Poland Buys MQ-9B Sky Guardian Drones for $310 Million

Poland has signed a $310-million procurement agreement with General Atomics for an undisclosed number of MQ-9B Sky Guardian drones.

17 December

Christine Casimiro

Greece to Acquire Switchblade Kamikaze Drones From the US

Greece’s Government Council for Foreign and Defense Affairs (KYSEA) has approved the acquisition of Switchblade kamikaze drones for the Greek army.

17 December

Joe Saballa

Ukraine Becomes Latest Country to Possess Laser Weapon: Report

Ukraine has reportedly acquired a laser weapon capable of shooting down low-flying aircraft and drones, making it the latest country to possess such an advanced defense technology.

17 December

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine Claims Killing of Russian Military’s Chemical Weapons Chief: Security Source

The killing of a senior Russian military official, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow was a "special operation" by Ukraine's SBU security service.

17 December

HMS Triumph, the last of the Trafalgar Class submarines still in service has arrived at HMNB Devonport for the last time before her decommissioning. The Boat gracefully transited across Plymouth Sound escorted by tugs boats and following-on craft from the Naval Base, after travelling down from HMNB Clyde submarine base in Scotland, where she had been operating from. HMS Triumph was laid down at Barrow Shipyard in February 1987 and commissioned less than five years later in October 1991, the last of the seven Trafalgar class submarines constructed for the Royal Navy. The current HMS Triumph is the tenth vessel and the second submarine to bear the name. The first Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561, and was the largest Ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. A square-rigged galleon of four masts, she served as the flagship of Admiral Frobisher during the battles of the Spanish Amarda.

Rojoef Manuel

Final British Trafalgar Submarine Sails to Plymouth for Decommissioning

The Royal Navy’s remaining Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine has arrived at its homeport in Plymouth for decommissioning.

17 December

Rojoef Manuel

Rheinmetall Supplies 20 Military Support Trucks for British Army

The British Army has received the first 20 of 500 support trucks from Rheinmetall as part of an ongoing effort to expand the military’s ground-based logistics fleet.

17 December

Damen Naval's Den Helder arriving at the Vlissingen-Oost shipyard

Christine Casimiro

Dutch Combat Support Ship From Damen Nears Completion

The Royal Netherlands Navy’s new combat support ship has arrived for final outfitting at Damen Naval shipyard in Vlissingen-Oost.

17 December

Inder Singh Bisht

Sweden Buys Naval Radar Capable of Detecting Sea-Skimming Missiles

Sweden has contracted Saab to deliver the Sea Giraffe 1X radar system to its navy, capable of detecting surface and air targets, including sea-skimming missiles.

17 December