The Danish Defence Forces (Forsvaret) have selected the US Ordnance M60E6 machine gun (MG) to replace its ageing LMG m/62 (Rheinmetall MG3) 7.62 mm squad support weapons, it was announced on 7 March. The M60E6 is the latest generation of the M60, first adopted by the US Army in 1957. The US weapon

Key Points Russia will use cyberspace operations at the strategic and tactical level in support of its military incursion into Ukraine Cyberspace operations will remain disruptive (as opposed to destructive) at the strategic level Russia's incursion into Ukraine's Crimea places a spotlight once

Raytheon UK is preparing to unveil what it believes to be the "world's first" handheld tactical improvised explosive device (IED) confirm/diagnose system for dismounted soldiers and small- to medium-sized unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The system, known as GroundEye, spins off existing

Putin's foray into Ukraine has highlighted NATO's inability to deter and dissuade provocative activity on its borders and has raised fundamental questions about the Alliance's current and future role. For 20 years, NATO and the European Union have sought to take advantage of post-Soviet Russian

About 3,000 troops belonging to the People's Liberation Army Navy Marines (PLANM) were deployed together with their heavy equipment and vehicles to a training base in Inner Mongolia for winter warfare training, state media reported in late February. It was the first time a PLANM brigade had been

North Korea's decision to restart its 5 megawatt electric (MWe) reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear scientific research complex threatens Northeast Asia with a disaster potentially worse than Chernobyl, according to nuclear experts. "This reactor comes from another world. The Yongbyon site has a

Key Points The planned construction of the highway is likely to trigger military miscalculation by Azerbaijan against the backdrop of increasing gunfire exchanges and sniper attacks along the Line of Contact. Azerbaijan's acquisition of advanced weapons is likely to embolden its military and

Saab is to continue to offer upgrades to the Gripen C/D combat aircraft to maintain the type's capability out beyond the introduction into service of the latest-variant Gripen E, a company official disclosed on 10 March. Speaking during a media tour of the company's Linköping production