Europe
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Feb- 2019 -4 February
Germany pledges €110 million to boost NATO battalion infrastructure in Lithuania
Germany will invest €110 million (US$127 million) in military infrastructure in Lithuania until 2021, its defense minister said on a Monday, February 4 a visit to mark two years since NATO installed battalions in the Baltic region to ward off Russia. In 2017, NATO deployed four multinational battalions to Poland and the Baltic states as a counter against possible Russian action following its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Germany leads the NATO battalion in Lithuania comprising 1,200 troops from 10 countries. “We’re going to invest in the long-term engagement,” Ursula von der Leyen told reporters, adding that Berlin would invest in “common barracks and training fields” in Lithuania until 2021. Lithuania’s defense minister Raimundas Karoblis hailed Germany’s spending plans as evidence of commitment to the NATO deployment. “We have heard very officially, very clearly at the political level … that Germany is for the long run here and will stay here as long as the security situation will demand it,” Karoblis said. The other three NATO battalions deployed in 2017 are based in Estonia, Latvia and Poland and are led by the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, respectively. The three Baltic states, with a combined population of …
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4 February
US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race
Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr Michelle Bentley argues
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1 February
Irish police find mortar tube and ammunition near border
A mortar tube and a "substantial" quantity of ammunition have been discovered during search near the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, police said.
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Jan- 2019 -26 January
Boeing awarded $2.5 billion for 19 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for US Navy, UK and Norway
Boeing was awarded an almost $2.5 billion contract to produce 19 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the U.S. Navy, Norway and the UK
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22 January
British nuclear submarine in near miss with Irish Sea passenger ferry
An investigation was launched after a British Royal Navy submarine was involved in a 'close quarters' incident with a passenger ferry in the Irish Sea
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22 January
Three dead as Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber crashes in Murmansk region
Three Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crew members died and another was injured when their plane crashed on a training flight in Olenegorsk in the Murmansk region
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21 January
Rheinmetall and BAE to create UK-based land vehicle joint venture
Germany's Rheinmetall and British BAE Systems will create a joint military vehicle design, manufacturing and support business based in the UK
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19 January
Police investigate ‘suspected car bomb’ in Derry, Northern Ireland
Police are investigating a suspected car bomb explosion near a courthouse in the the city of Derry in the northwest of Northern Ireland
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14 January
OPCW to add Novichok nerve agent to banned substance list
The OPCW agreed to add nerve agent Novichok, used in the Salisbury attack against a former Russian agent, to its list of banned substances
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12 January
Ukraine signs agreement to procure Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a deal has been signed to purchase Turkish Bayraktar TB 2 drones for the Ukrainian military.
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