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Danish Arctic chief expects High North arms race after Ukraine war

MILAN — The prospect of a conflict in the Arctic is rising, Denmark’s Arctic commander has warned, with the expectation of Russia turning its attention to the High North if and when the Ukraine war ends. “My expectation is that when the war in Ukraine is over, Russia will devote its efforts to arming itself in the Arctic,” Maj. Gen. Søren Andersen, commander of Denmark’s Joint Arctic…
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Canada could use EU loans for next-gen warplane, submarine purchases

MILAN — Canada has become the first non-EU country to join the bloc’s flagship rearmament program, Security Action for Europe (SAFE), whose funds could support Ottawa’s fighter jet and submarine procurement. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced this week that his government struck a deal to join the EU’s €150 billion initiative that provides loans for joint military procurement…
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Europe ponders how to ready industry for war, without being at war

PARIS — It’s a head-scratcher for European governments: getting their defense industries ready to pump out hundreds of thousands of drones or other pieces of armament in case of possible war, without ending up with warehouses full of obsolete kit. Europe has yet to resolve the conundrum, said Francois Arbault, the European Commission’s director for defense industry, at the Forum Innovation…
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Awash with defense cash, Poland rolls out red carpet for US tech firms

WARSAW, Poland — Poland is working to expand its cooperation with Silicon Valley-rooted U.S. defense tech companies such as Palantir and Anduril, eyeing new unmanned and artificial-intelligence capabilities as well as local production of cruise missiles. The move comes in addition to Warsaw fostering ties with traditional American defense titans like as Lockheed, from which Poland is purchasing…
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