Norwegian electricity company Elvias promise of providing more power to TikTok has proven detrimental to the production capacity of Norwegian/Finnish firm Nordic Ammunition Company (Nammo). Nammo facility at Raufoss, Innlandet county, must produce weapons around the clock to fulfil orders placed by the Norwegian government and allied countries that have pledged arms to Ukraine as well as to replenish their stocks, but the hydropower generated available for businesses is limited
Ukraine has reportedly submitted a request to Finland for F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets. The Finnish newspaper
The armed forces of Belarus will receive from Russia a squadron of Mi-35M helicopters and Su-30SM jets within a year. Andrei Lukyanovich, commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, told state media Sunday that the country took delivery of a new Tor-M2 battery recently
Czech Republic will persuade Japan to buy some of its weapons, since it has hiked its defense budget by 2%. On January 25, the First Deputy Minister of Defence František Šulc discussed the opportunities for cooperation with his Japanese counterpart Toshiro Ino
Japan has agreed to collaborate with the U.S
Japan started constructing a Self-Defense Forces base on uninhabited Mage Island in southwestern Kagoshima prefecture on Thursday. According to an environmental assessment report made public earlier today, this four-year project in the 8 Sqkm Island will include building runways and ammunition storage facilities
One of the highlights of the Japanese defense ministrys budget worth billions of dollars is acquiring counterstrike capabilities, after having avoided it for several years due to its war-renouncing Constitution. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said 43 trillion yen ($326 billion) has been allotted to boost the militarys capabilities over the next five years from fiscal 2023, a major increase from the 27
Japan is considering buying up to about 500 U.S
Russias Ilyushin Il-76TD-90VD aircraft touched down on the ice airfield Novolazarevskaya outpost in Antarctica for the first time, after coving a distance of 5,300km in 6.5 hours
The shares of a number of Ukrainian enterprises which are strategically important for defense and a number of other private companies, including Motor Sich, are to be ‘forcibly nationalized. The companies - Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta, Motor Sich, AvtoKrAZ and Zaporizhtransformator - are associated with the tycoons Kostiantyn Zhevago, Igor Kolomoisky, Vyacheslav Boguslayev and Kostiantyn Hryhoryshyn