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Samuti on COVID-19 pandeemia halvanud Euroopa Liidu kaitsepüüdlused. Järgmise seitsme aasta eelarves on Euroopa kaitsele (varustus ja tehnoloogia) ette nähtud 8,14 miljardit eurot (oodatud 11,5 miljardi euro asemel) ja sõjalisele mobiilsusele 1,5 miljardit eurot ehk vaevu veerand 5,8 miljardist eurost, mida oleks tarvis taristu ja institutsioonide täiustamiseks.

TFB has long followed the progress of the US Marine Corps effort to field suppressors across the board. At the end of December 2020, the Corps finally announced that they had begun the process of fielding thousands of rifle caliber suppressors to Marines for use with the M27, M38, M4 and M4A1 rifles and carbines.

Major Mike Brisker, weapons product manager in Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC)’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons, said “We’ve never fielded suppressors at this scale, this fielding is a big moment for the Marine Corps.”

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Denmark is likely to further increase its military spending in the Arctic after it unveiled a $250m investment in surveillance capabilities in Greenland and the Faroe Islands to counter Russia’s military build-up in the region.

Defence minister Trine Bramsen told the Financial Times that the announcement last week of the purchase of two long-endurance surveillance drones for use over Greenland and the re-establishment of a Cold War-era radar station on the Faroe Islands was “one step”.

Bramsen said that Denmark, which has about 300 soldiers deployed in the Arctic, had a “special responsibility” for the region’s defence. Both the DKr750m surveillance drones and the DKr390m Faroese radar station came in response to requests from Nato.

Nordic countries have stepped up their military spending and focus on the Arctic since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. But they say thanks to Moscow’s participation in the Arctic Council — an intergovernmental body of the eight Arctic states — relations with Russia have been cordial.

Some Nordic diplomats were alarmed by the US interest and a 2019 speech by then secretary of state Mike Pompeo in which he blasted “aggressive” behaviour by Russia and China in the Arctic. Sweden’s former foreign minister told the FT the US had a “sad and dangerous” approach to the region.

Bramsen said that Denmark had “very close co-operation” with the US, and that both countries “have the same view on the Arctic and the threats”. She dismissed complaints from some in Greenland that Denmark had neglected the island, only waking up when Trump declared his interest.

The minister conceded that Copenhagen had not been able to verify media reports about possible Russian activity in the area between the Faroes and the UK’s Shetland Islands last year because it had lacked the capabilities. She said the Faroese radar station would help Denmark know what was happening.

She added that the two drones designed to patrol Greenland were about “covering the most important blind spots”.

Britid on välja arendanud uue kamuflaaži (Multi-Colored Camouflage Scheme), mis olevat osa oma inspiratsioonist tuletanud Eestis saadud kogemustelt.