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Hungary responds after US senator says he blocked HIMARS purchase
U.S. Sen. James Risch of Idaho says he had blocked the sale of 24 missile launchers to Hungary. → Read More
Poland buys 800 Hellfire missiles to arms its new attack helicopters
The weapons purchases coincide with a pending request to Washington to buy Apache attack helicopters. → Read More
Latvian government approves $110 million Naval Strike Missile buy
The acquisition comes amid a hasty push for modern weapons animated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. → Read More
Lithuania readies ammunition buys worth $3.4 billion
Vilnius is also advancing its project to order 120 Boxer infantry fighting vehicles in a deal that could more than double its fleet of armored rides. → Read More
Poland spends $3.1 billion on short-range air defense upgrades
The country banks on new launchers and interceptors from pan-European industry group MBDA to intercept enemy drones and other close aerial threats. → Read More
After Poland, Romania also wants to buy American Abrams tanks
A request to approve the acquisition is expected for consideration by the Romanian parliament shortly, a senior defense official said. → Read More
Poland eyes 1,400 new fighting vehicles to replace Soviet-era rides
The locally made vehicles for the Polish armed forces will join a plethora of new heavy weaponry from the United States and South Korea. → Read More
Belarus to make Su-25 attack aircraft as Russia eyes industry takeover
Some analysts suggest the move could be related to Moscow’s plan to streamline Minsk’s defense industry capacities towards its war against Ukraine. → Read More
Latvia to boost defense spending with naval missile, HIMARS deals
The three Baltic states have accelerated their missile and artillery acquisition programs in response to lessons learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. → Read More
Czech Army eyes new Leopard 2A7+ tanks after testing older variant
Prague expects to get 14 older Leopard 2 tanks from Germany by the end of the year and may buy 50 of the newest variant later on. → Read More
Ukraine plans to spend $540 million on drones this year
“This is just the beginning. After all, this is not only about the needs of aerial reconnaissance,” Ukraine's defense minister said. → Read More
Poland continues talk of a Leopard 2 ‘alliance,’ even without Germany
Warsaw increases the pressure on Berlin about Leopard 2 deliveries to Ukraine. → Read More
Estonia buys 12 more howitzers amid ‘lessons from Ukraine’
The deal increases the country's number of South Korean-made K9 Thunder weapons to 36. → Read More
Poland in talks with allies over Leopard 2 transfers to Ukraine
Warsaw is drumming up allied support in favor of battle tank deliveries that could help Ukraine fend off Russia. → Read More
Poland buys two spy satellites from Airbus
The deal is part of Poland’s efforts to boost its military reconnaissance capacities following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine. → Read More
Lithuania buys Switchblade 600 drones
Lithuania has become the first European NATO member to order the kamikaze drone. → Read More
Romania spends $410 million on Israeli-British Watchkeeper drones
The purchase is the latest example of eastern European nations seeking to get their defense industries involved in maintaining Western systems. → Read More
Belarus says its Russian S-400, Iskander missiles enter ‘combat duty’
The move comes as analysts are seeing Moscow’s rising pressure on Minsk to increase the satellite nation’s involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. → Read More
Slovakia readies transfer of upgraded MiG-29 warplanes to Ukraine
Bratislava is involving both Ukrainian and U.S. officials in the talks surrounding a prospective transfer. → Read More
Croatian government approves ‘urgent’ acquisition of Mistral missiles
Croatia wants man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADS, following an errant drone that landed in Zagreb in the early days of Russia's war on Ukraine. → Read More