AC-3 missile interceptors for Patriot air defense systems are seen as vital to shooting down Russian rockets. | Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images Zelenskyy said it was “too early” to know whether the Middle East conflict will hurt Ukraine’s weapons supply line. “But we will do everything so that our domestic financing is not […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. pulled its warplanes from Spanish bases after Madrid prohibited their use against Iran, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said today. Missions involving the bases must “operate within the framework of international law,” the minister said during a press conference at the Armilla Air Base, adding that military installations on Spanish territory would be […]
Continue ReadingA Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle hit Britain’s Royal Air Force base at Akrotiri in Cyprus just after midnight Monday, while more drone strikes targeting the base were successfully intercepted during the day. While the source of the drone strike is so far unconfirmed, with local media saying it probably came from Lebanon, a senior commander […]
Continue ReadingThat ruptured pipeline has now become even more politically sensitive thanks to the supply crisis in the Persian Gulf. Orbán is a close ally of Donald Trump, and the Iran war is a rare point of dissonance between him and the U.S. president. Still, the main target of Orbán’s attacks is not Washington but the […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. will only be allowed to use selected British bases for defensive raids on Tehran’s missile stores and launchers after Iran launches retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, Starmer said. The British PM addressed a packed House of Commons on Monday afternoon after being publicly rebuked by the U.S. president for not allowing the […]
Continue ReadingIn America, President Donald Trump has come under fire for his ties to the industry. In April last year the U.S. disbanded a Department for Justice unit tasked with investigating crypto-related fraud. In Britain, Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK became the first major British political party to accept crypto donations. The British government is considering a ban on […]
Continue ReadingHe said France needed to adopt “a forward deterrence” as it faces a more threatening world. That means increasingly including European countries in France’s deterrent — starting with participation in nuclear drills. “It will ultimately provide for the circumstantial deployments of elements of our strategic air forces to allied countries,” he said, referring to the […]
Continue ReadingAkrotiri, located on a peninsula on the southern tip of Cyprus, southwest of the coastal city of Limassol, is one of the two bases Britain has maintained in its former colony since independence in 1960. It has been used in the past for military operations in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. The overnight strike, which caused […]
Continue ReadingDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to rule out deploying American ground forces in Iran during his first public comments on the joint American and Israeli military operation. Appearing at the Pentagon on Monday with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine, the nation’s top military officials made the case that the strikes launched over […]
Continue ReadingA prolonged closure of the massive plant in the Persian Gulf would have a major impact on global supply of the fossil fuel used in electricity generation, heating buildings and powering industry. It follows U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran which began over the weekend. EU member countries were already jittery about the prospect of […]
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