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From 1 January 2024, the United Kingdom’s 7th Light Mechanised Brigade will lead NATO’s rapid reaction force, placing thousands of soldiers on standby and ready to deploy within days. NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) was created after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and was deployed for the first time for collective defence of the Alliance after Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The leadership position is rotated annually among Allies. The UK takes over from Germany, which led the force in 2023.

Opinion: Early European investments to expand industrial capacity for air defense systems are already benefiting Ukraine.

Russia has commissioned the frigate Admiral Golovko, the country’s first ship that will regularly carry Zircon hypersonic missiles.

Several nations have announced their contributions to Operation Prosperity Guardian, a new multinational security initiative in the Middle East.

Russia sends a symbolic message to Turkey, Britain orders new rifles, Hungary clashes with a U.S. senator over weaponry and more!

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces remind you that North American Aerospace Defense Command is ready to track Santa on Dec. 24, for the program’s 68th year.