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NATO kicks off battle-training phase of exercise ‘Siil’ in Estonia

NATO and partner troops began the second phase of a two-week exercise that brings together more than 15,000 troops from 19 countries, the largest in Estonia since it gained independence

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UK ‘very keen to support’ French plan for European military intervention force

The UK is backing a French plan to create a European military intervention force separate to the EU's PESCO pact as a way to maintain strong defense ties with the European Union after Brexit

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US, UK, and France strike Syria chemical weapons targets

The US, France and the United Kingdom took "decisive action" to strike the chemical weapons infrastructure in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said in a press conference on Friday.

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US approves $7.2 billion military aircraft sales to NATO allies Germany, Slovakia, Spain and the UK

The U.S. State Department approved sales of F-16 fighter jets and weapons to Slovakia, CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Spain, MQ-4C Triton drones to Germany and support for the U.K.’s MQ-9 Reaper drones

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NATO announces expulsions of Russians over UK nerve agent allegations

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced new measures against Russia in response to the use of a nerve agent on ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the UK

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UK awards MBDA £400 million contract for new Brimstone missiles

The United Kingdom has awarded MBDA a £400 million contract for production of Brimstone air-to-surface missiles that will extend its service life beyond 2030

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RAF Red Arrows jet crashes near Wales base

A British military Hawk jet used by the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows aerobatic display team with two people on board crashed at a base in Wales

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“We don’t want a new Cold War,” NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg says

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg the alliance did not want a return to Cold War hostilities with Russia after the March 4 nerve agent attack in Salisbury

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Thales’ Acusonic shot detection system to be installed on British Army’s Ajax armored vehicles

Thales UK signed a £3.7 million contract with General Dynamics Land Systems-UK to supply its Acusonic sensor system for the British Army's Ajax armoured fighting vehicle family

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UK to invest £48 million in new Chemical Weapons Defence Centre in wake of Skripal attack

The U.K. is to invest £48 million in a new Chemical Weapons Defence Centre, while British troops on high-readiness will also be offered anthrax vaccine

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