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A soldier ground guides the M-SHORAD Stryker to start testing the route for practice for a training exercise the next day, March 9, 2022, near Rutja, Estonia.

US to deploy more troops to Estonia to boost NATO defenses

The U.S. Embassy in Tallinn said that the American troops are part of NATO’s enhanced rotational troop deployments.

9 weeks ago

Ukraine weapon switcheroos are flushing Soviet arms out of Europe

As some Eastern European nations send their Soviet-era kit to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s attack, the new weapons those nations stand to get in return from the United States and its allies could shape the continent’s arsenal for years to come.

By Joe Gould and Sebastian Sprenger

9 months ago

Biden’s Ukraine aid package is getting super-sized by Congress

Lawmakers unveiled a $13.6 billion Ukraine aid package on Wednesday that took President Joe Biden’s request for weapons and training for Ukrainian forces and put it on steroids.

11 months ago

US, NATO air forces mobilize as war comes to Europe

“The United States set the tone for this type of attack in 1991 in the opening hours of [Operation] Desert Storm,” Air Force Lt. Col. Tyson Wetzel said Wednesday. “It is a methodology that still works today.”

By Rachel S. Cohen and Stephen Losey

12 months ago

Paratroopers with 82nd Airborne fly non-stop to jump into Estonia tonight

During Swift Response 21, 7,000 paratroopers from the United States and 10 other nations will conduct joint forcible entry exercises over the next several days at landing sites in Estonia, Bulgaria and Romania. It's the largest

21 months ago

Army fires are at the center of a major NATO exercise — as Russia watches

Army rockets will be an essential element of Defender Europe 2021, a months-long series of NATO military exercises across Europe and Africa.

21 months ago