Finland Buying a Million Landmines(yle.fi)
10 points by vrganj | 2 comments
Yle News article reporting that Finland is buying a million landmines after withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines.
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US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons(bbc.com)
443 points by harporoeder | 314 comments
BBC News article reporting that the US has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space.
The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war(mwi.westpoint.edu)
435 points by baud147258 | 595 comments
Modern War Institute at West Point essay by Jonathan Buckland arguing that US Army logistics are fragile and likely to fail in a future large-scale war.
Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label(cnn.com)
335 points by prawn | 177 comments
CNN Business article reporting that a judge blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, calling it an effort to punish the AI company.
Sweden Is a NATO Member(government.se)
331 points by belter | 269 comments
Swedish government press release from 7 March 2024 announcing that Sweden has deposited its accession instrument and is now NATO's 32nd member.
Royal Navy says quantum navigation test a success(thequantuminsider.com)
374 points by ninacomputer | 229 comments
The Quantum Insider article reporting that the UK Royal Navy successfully tested a quantum navigation system.
Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO(nato.int)
322 points by iamsanteri | 268 comments
NATO event page for the live stream of the April 4, 2023 Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, when Finland joined as the 31st member.