
Ukraine war sparks debate over Finland’s ‘Achilles heel’
Mariehamn (AFP) June 15, 2022 - Sprayed between Sweden and Finland, the autonomous Aland Islands are a picturesque archipelago once part of Russia and demilitarised since 1856.
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Mariehamn (AFP) June 15, 2022 - Sprayed between Sweden and Finland, the autonomous Aland Islands are a picturesque archipelago once part of Russia and demilitarised since 1856.
Jun 15, 2022

Lysychansk, Ukraine (AFP) June 15, 2022 - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged European allies to step up arms shipments to Ukraine on Wednesday, as Russia and China renewed their mutual support in the face of Western sanctions.
Jun 15, 2022

Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2022 - Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call Wednesday that Beijing would keep backing Moscow on sovereignty and security, according to state media.
Jun 15, 2022

Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate has awarded a contract, the largest award of its kind, to BlueHalo to build a directed energy modeling and simulation virtual range.
Jun 14, 2022

Managua (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Nicaragua's parliament on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for Russian troops to be allowed into the country for joint military exercises despite concerns from Washington.
Jun 14, 2022

Fort Bliss TX (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, successfully demonstrated the next-generation, transportable beyond-line-of-sight, or BLOS, Troposcatter communications system est
Jun 14, 2022

Moscow (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Russia on Tuesday said it was blacklisting 49 UK citizens, including defence officials and prominent reporters and editors from the BBC, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
Jun 14, 2022

Lysychansk, Ukraine (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Russia said Tuesday it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, as the two sides battled for control of the key city in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
Jun 14, 2022

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Ukraine has received just 10 percent of the weapons it requested from the West to help fight off the Russian offensive, the deputy defence minister said Tuesday.
Jun 14, 2022

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - Two core technologies are at the heart of the U.S. pursuit of hypersonic weapons, or those that travel Mach 5 or faster: scramjets, which derive propulsion from the air around them, and boost-glide
Jun 14, 2022

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 - In today's world of rapidly evolving global security challenges, the ability to collect, analyse and utilise data for decision-making and response is more important than ever. By applying its
Jun 14, 2022

Buenos Aires (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Five Iranian crew of a cargo plane grounded in Argentina since last week have had their passports temporarily seized pending a probe into possible links to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, officials said Monday.
Jun 14, 2022

Hong Kong (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Equity markets tumbled again Tuesday to extend a global rout fuelled by fears of recession, with the Federal Reserve preparing to ramp up interest rates as inflation shows no sign of slowing.
Jun 14, 2022

Paris (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Looking at the shell-blasted, trench-marked landscapes of the front lines in Russia's invasion of Ukraine from above, it's easy to see why experts and leaders have drawn parallels with World War I.
Jun 14, 2022

Stockholm (AFP) June 14, 2022 - Finland's Prime Minister said Tuesday that Finland's and Sweden's NATO applications could stall if an agreement with Turkey, which is currently blocking their bids, is not reached before a summit this month.
Jun 14, 2022

Washington (AFP) June 14, 2022 - The world's nuclear powers are increasing investment in their arsenals, with spending up nine percent to $82.4 billion in 2021, according to a report released Tuesday by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Jun 14, 2022