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”The next expected U.S. nominee for the positions of both Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and U.S. European Command (EUCOM) is Air Force Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich”

Grynkewich, who is now the director for operations at the U.S. military's Joint Staff, would succeed Army General Christopher Cavoli, who has been in the role since shortly after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, helping oversee billions of dollars in U.S. security assistance to Kyiv.

Alexus G. Grynkewich (call-sign "Grynch"), is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the director for operations of the Joint Staff since 2024. He previously served as the commander of the Ninth Air Force from 2022 to 2024 and as the director of operations of the U.S. Central Command from 2020 to 2022. During his career Grynkewich was an F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-22 Raptor pilot, and achieved the U.S. Air Force classification of command pilot by having more than 2,300 flight hours

Hispaania ei saa kuidagi kõrvale jääda, kuna nende õues on ülimalt strateegiline Gibraltari väin. Ja erinevalt madalaveelistest Bosporosest ja Taani väinadest on see väin kilomeeter sügav ja seda hästi umbe mineerida ka ei anna.

The Netherlands donates 18 F-16 jets to Romania for the symbolic sum of 1 € Increasing the Romanian fleet to almost 70 machines!

Australia will deploy an E-7 Wedgetail radar detection aircraft to Poland, which will provide Ukraine and NATO member states with information about Russian military targets.

NATO liikmesriigid leppisid eelmisel nädalal kokku kaitsekulude tõstmises viiele protsendile SKP-st. 3,5 protsenti sellest oleks otseselt sõjalised kulud, poolteist protsenti üldisemad kaitsevõimet tugevdavad kulud. Selle 1,5 protsendi hulka kuuluvad näiteks ka rahaeraldised taristu tugevdamiseks.

Peaminister Giorgia Meloni valitsus tahab aga ühendada Sitsiilia saare Apenniini poolsaarega ja plaanib seetõttu üle Messina väina ehitada suure silla. Samas Itaalia kaitsekulud ulatuvad praegu vaid 1,49 protsendini SKP-st. Seetõttu võib silla ehitus olla abiks ka kaitsekulude suurendamisel.

Samas võib see plaan olla Melonile poliitiliselt kasulik, kuna ta püüab avalikkust veenda kaitsekulude tõstmise vajalikkuses. Üks Itaalia ametnik ütles, et silla liigitamine sõjaliseks projektiks aitaks valitsusel ületada majanduslikud ja tehnilised tõkked, mis varem silla ehitamist takistasid, vahendas Politico.
Pole veel selge, kas Itaalia suudaks selle plaani maha müüa ka NATO liikmesriikidele.

Greenland grants Canada’s Greenland Resources Inc. a 30-year license to mine molybdenum and magnesium—key metals for steel and defense production.

The company claims the project could meet all EU defense-related molybdenum needs for decades.

France has resumed production of SCALP-EG cruise missiles for the first time in 15 years.

These missiles have been supplied to Ukraine since 2023, but replenishment of stockpiles had not begun until now…