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New Zealand ground forces drill to dock onto larger armies

WAIOURU, New Zealand — The whump of exploding 105 mm artillery rounds reverberate across the “battlefield” as Kiwi soldiers in NZLAV 8×8 armored vehicles race across a valley to assault a network of enemy trenches. Witnessed by Defense News on Aug. 27, this live-fire episode formed part of the New Zealand Army’s largest exercise of 2026. Called Hill 60 – named after the final battle…
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India turns to private sector to ramp up missile production

NEW DELHI — In a bid to accelerate missile production, India has approved the transfer of technologies for all conventional missile systems from a state-run organization to private companies. The move to expand the industrial base for missile manufacturing comes as wars in…
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Russia is running out of cash due to its war in Ukraine: report

VIENNA — Russia’s war spending pushed the state to the brink of running out of cash this spring, according to a Bloomberg report that offers the clearest account yet of how the financial burden of the Ukraine invasion is straining Moscow’s finances. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Finance Minister Anton Siluanov warned Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in April…
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Japan approves mass production of 3D-printed interceptor drones

MANILA, Philippines — Japan’s defense-procurement agency has signed a mass production procurement agreement for interceptor drones made using 3D printers, the latest move to rapidly deploy a large unmanned fleet by 2027. The Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency selected Terra B1, a rocket-launched interceptor drone, after a demonstration with the Maritime Self-Defense Forces last…
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With UK military secrets, Ukraine could now build SCALP missiles at home - but it will take time

VIENNA — With the United Kingdom passing classified blueprints for British-made components of the SCALP cruise missile to Ukraine, the country is now in possession of the intellectual property and permissions needed to build the high-tech European weapon domestically. France had already provided Ukraine with a production license for the Franco-British weapon, called Storm Shadow in its U.K.
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