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Former Defence Chief Details Political Struggles with Trudeau Government in Memoir

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📰 Israel’s Uvision, Estonia’s Lendurai to integrate systems for NATO military — Breaking Defense
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/israels-uvision-estonias-lendurai-to-integrate-systems-for-nato-military/
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🇬🇧 Defence spending is back at the centre of the political debate.

Wes Streeting says difficult trade-offs will be needed if the UK is to spend more on defence. What do you think?

📰 Full story: news.sky.com/share/12593360

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BTW for anyone interested, this story has video from an exercise that tested the most modern large underground civil #defence shelter in Finland, the Luola in Kuopio, with 2000 people.

In real crisis, the shelter could accommodate 7500 for about two weeks.

yle.fi/a/74-20243521

A study concluded that #wind power plants can, in fact, be used to mount sensors such as radars to e.g. spot #drones.

Finnish #Defence Forces used to veto most wind power permits in Eastern Finland due to sensor interference concerns. This could open the area for construction.
yle.fi/a/74-20248037

The US can barely keep 3 out of 11 aircraft carriers at sea. There are none at all in the Western Pacific.

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The US can barely keep 3 out of 11 aircraft carriers at sea. None at all in the Western Pacific.

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📰 Terror suspects wanted to do ‘big damage’ to air base used by US, Trump says — Defense News
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/09/27/terror-suspects-wanted-to-do-big-damage-to-air-base-used-by-us-trump-says/
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Poland just launched its 2nd Rocket Brigade: 3,000 troops armed with Homar-K, a Polish-Korean answer to HIMARS with a 300 km reach.
10,000 missiles to be built jointly with Seoul, and an army past 220,000 troops, targeting 500,000.
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Pakistan’s Fateh missile series marks a significant development in conventional precision-strike capabilities, expanding operational reach and strengthening the country’s deterrence posture.
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Read Full Article: stratheia.com/fateh-missil...

Poland has more than doubled its defence spending since Russia invaded Ukraine, from 2.2% of GDP to 4.8%.
And it's building at home: shell output up from 5,000 rounds in 2023 to 30,000 this year, aiming for 200,000.
Warsaw's logic: Putin only understands "solidarity and power."
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A drone shot down over Lithuania. An armed drone recovered off the Polish coast. Flares fired towards a Danish helicopter.

Full analysis in this week's W.A.R. on the Horizon. Read it here: 👇🏼
behorizon.org/w-a-r-on-the...

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Switzerland votes on the country’s neutrality.

As other neutral countries such as Austria and Ireland increase defence spending and strengthen ties with NATO, Swiss voters are taking part in a referendum on whether to enshrine a strict…

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