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Ultra APV demonstrator (click to view full) In an age of non-linear warfare, where front lines are nebulous at best and non-existent at worst, one of the biggest casualties is… the concept of unprotected rear echelon vehicles, designed with the idea that they’d never see serious combat. That imperative is being driven home on 2 fronts. One front is operational. The other front is buying trends. These trends, and their design imperatives, found their way into the USA’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, which aims to replace many of the US military’s 120,000 or so Humvees. The US military’s goal is a 7-10 ton vehicle that’s lighter than its MRAPs and easier to transport aboard ship, while offering substantially better protection ad durability than existing up-armored Humvees. They’d also like a vehicle that can address front-line issues like power generation, in order to recharge all of the batteries troops require for electronic gadgets like night sights, GPS devices, etc. DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. JLTV certainly qualifies, and recent budget planning endorsements have solidifed a future that was looking shaky. Now, can the Army’s program deliver? JLTV: Program & Risks ONR’s […]

Endowed with minerals but losing ground to rebels, the Congolese government wants to boost security.

Well-wishers cross the border from Kenya and flock from Addis Ababa to witness the spectacle.

Well-wishers cross the border from Kenya and flock from Addis Ababa to witness the spectacle.

The eight countries asked the European Commission to propose a “Critical Chemicals Act.”

The succession of political crises has led to heightened public disenchantment with traditional political institutions.

"The ball is in Russia's court," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after the talks.

The inclusion of waste incineration facilities in the ETS creates an incentive to landfill that has to be tackled, according to a Commission official.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social he would add an additional 25% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminium, to go into effect on Wednesday morning.

Europe's gravest economic threat may not come, as JD Vance suggested, "from within" – but from the US.

Fewer shortages and shared stockpiles are issues that need refining, some MEPs said

AMENDMENTS 1 - 211 - Draft report 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Kosovo
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Riho Terras

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Official data found food prices rose 7.1% in February compared to last year

If the Finnish parliament approves the new regulation, it could come into force on 20 March.

Some rules exclude nuclear energy, which could however benefit from ot///hers.

For the first time the company sold more sausages than cars – the special ingredient? Innovation.

Euronews: Tovább mérgesedik az USA-Kanada vámháború, miután a kanadai ellenlépésekre válaszul az amerikai elnök 50 %-ra emelte szerdától (3. 12.) a tarifákat. Az elnök közleménye szerint ez a válasz arra, hogy Kanada ellenlépéseket tett a korábban meghirdetett 25%-os emelésekkel szemben. Trump a kereskedelmi tárcát utasította a Kanadából érkező acél- és alumíniumtermékekre kivetett vámok további 25 pontos emelésére.

TASR: Februárban összesen 84.774 utast szolgált ki a pozsonyi M. R. Štefánik repülőtér. 2024 februárjához viszonyítva ez 19 %-os növekedést jelent. A törökországi Isztambulba tavaly indított járat az egyik legnépszerűbb összeköttetés - tájékoztatott kedden (3. 11.) Veronika Demovičová, a pozsonyi repülőtér szóvivője.

Among the funds on the chopping block is Horizon Europe – the €95 billion research programme and one of the bloc's best-known initiatives.

Euronews: „Nagyon konstruktívan” kezdődtek meg a tárgyalások Szaúd-Arábiában Ukrajna és az Egyesült Államok között – nyilatkozta Volodimir Zelenszkij ukrán elnök egyik tanácsadója. „Zajlik a munka” posztolta később Andrij Jermak az X-en. Az orosz-ukrán háború befejezését célzó, a dzsiddai Ritz Carlton hotel konferenciaközpontjában zajló találkozóról előzőleg bizakodva beszélt a BBC-nek az amerikai külügyminiszter, Marco Rubio is.