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  1. Hensoldt's Order Intake Soars as Middle East Business Remains Limited

    Hensoldt's order book is booming, with a surge in contracts that directly reflects recent defence spending decisions, according to CEO Oliver Dörre. The company's order intake has doubled to €2.81 billion, with its order backlog now exceeding €10 billion.

    osintsights.com/hensoldts-orde

    #DefenceSpending #EmergingThreats #Europe #MiddleEast #Aerospace

  2. “The decisive factor in whether Canada's #defence ambitions succeed will be our capacity to collect, assess, and act on #knowledge over time. This is the true battlespace that will define all others.” #Canada #defencespending #CanadaSky

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mrwwqwemhk2x

  3. “The decisive factor in whether Canada's #defence ambitions succeed will be our capacity to collect, assess, and act on #knowledge over time. This is the true battlespace that will define all others.” #Canada #defencespending #CanadaSky

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mrwwqwemhk2x

  4. The world is plunging into a dangerous spiral of military spending.

    The Atlantic allies met this week in Turkey for NATO’s annual summit against a backdrop of sustained growth in global military spending.

    Geopolitical tensions, technological revolutions, economic interests and the absence of international treaties point to a sustained acceleration of the global arms race.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260712

    #Defence #NATO #Europe #DefenceSpending #Russia #China

  5. The world is plunging into a dangerous spiral of military spending.

    The Atlantic allies met this week in Turkey for NATO’s annual summit against a backdrop of sustained growth in global military spending.

    Geopolitical tensions, technological revolutions, economic interests and the absence of international treaties point to a sustained acceleration of the global arms race.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260712

    #Defence #NATO #Europe #DefenceSpending #Russia #China

  6. France Tries to Lock Britain Out of EU Defence, Locks Everyone Else In Instead
    Paris spent the best part of a year engineering a defence procurement fund specifically designed to keep British arms firms out of the trough. #aircraftcarriers #Balticstates #Brexit #defence #defencespending #entryfee #Europe #France #missiles #rearmamentfund #safe #StormShadow

    prat.uk/?p=33136

  7. France Tries to Lock Britain Out of EU Defence, Locks Everyone Else In Instead
    Paris spent the best part of a year engineering a defence procurement fund specifically designed to keep British arms firms out of the trough. #aircraftcarriers #Balticstates #Brexit #defence #defencespending #entryfee #Europe #France #missiles #rearmamentfund #safe #StormShadow

    prat.uk/?p=33136

  8. France Tries to Lock Britain Out of EU Defence, Locks Everyone Else In Instead
    Paris spent the best part of a year engineering a defence procurement fund specifically designed to keep British arms firms out of the trough. #aircraftcarriers #Balticstates #Brexit #defence #defencespending #entryfee #Europe #France #missiles #rearmamentfund #safe #StormShadow

    prat.uk/?p=33136

  9. France Tries to Lock Britain Out of EU Defence, Locks Everyone Else In Instead
    Paris spent the best part of a year engineering a defence procurement fund specifically designed to keep British arms firms out of the trough. #aircraftcarriers #Balticstates #Brexit #defence #defencespending #entryfee #Europe #France #missiles #rearmamentfund #safe #StormShadow

    prat.uk/?p=33136

  10. 5 things to know about the UK’s new defence spending plan.

    The UK’s much-delayed Defence Investment Plan became a political headache for Keir Starmer’s government and disappointed industry and Britain’s allies.

    Even after revisions, the final document published Tuesday, aimed at preparing the country for growing strategic challenges. still leaves Britain short of its NATO spending goals.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260630

    #UK #DefenceSpending #NATO #Defence #Politics #KeirStarmer

  11. 5 things to know about the UK’s new defence spending plan.

    The UK’s much-delayed Defence Investment Plan became a political headache for Keir Starmer’s government and disappointed industry and Britain’s allies.

    Even after revisions, the final document published Tuesday, aimed at preparing the country for growing strategic challenges. still leaves Britain short of its NATO spending goals.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260630

    #UK #DefenceSpending #NATO #Defence #Politics #KeirStarmer

  12. Australia's Defence Budget Exposes Funding Gap

    Australia's defence budget reveals a surprising truth: behind the hefty daily spend of A$181.9 million lies a funding gap, where increased workforce spending comes at the cost of reduced readiness and delayed capability upgrades.

    osintsights.com/australias-def

    #NationalSecurity #DefenceSpending #Australia #BudgetAllocation #Geopolitics

  13. Pakistan Budget Signals Defence Spending Increase Amidst IMF Scrutiny

    Pakistan plans to increase defence spending by PKR 100 billion in the 2026-27 budget. Learn how this affects the economy and IMF financial goals.

    #pakistanbudget, #imf, #defencespending, #pakistaneconomy, #islamabadnews

    newsletter.tf/pakistan-defence

  14. Australia's Defence Spending Plan Leaves $17.4 Billion in Uncertainty

    A whopping $17.4 billion of Australia's promised $53 billion defence spending boost hangs in the balance, leaving a significant chunk of the nation's defence future uncertain. Only $6.8 billion of the planned increase is firmly accounted for in the near term, sparking questions about the government's long-term strategy.

    osintsights.com/australias-def

    #NationalSecurity #DefenceSpending #Australia #GovernmentBudget #EmergingThreats

  15. Coalition Pushes for Long-Range Bomber Fleet Amidst AUKUS Uncertainty

    The Coalition suggests buying long-range bombers for Australia if the AUKUS submarine deal has problems. Find out what this means for defence.

    #AustraliaDefence, #AUKUS, #LongRangeBombers, #DefenceSpending, #Coalition

    newsletter.tf/coalition-wants-

  16. Hastie Flags Uncertainty in US Alliance Under Potential Trump Presidency

    Andrew Hastie questions Australia's US alliance under a potential Trump presidency and urges stronger self-defence.

    #AustraliaUSAlliance, #DonaldTrump, #DefenceSpending, #AUKUS, #PeterDutton

    newsletter.tf/australia-us-all

  17. Australia's defence minister is worried about the US alliance if Trump becomes president again. He says Australia needs to spend more on its own military.

    #AustraliaUSAlliance, #DonaldTrump, #DefenceSpending, #AUKUS, #PeterDutton
    newsletter.tf/australia-us-all

  18. Australia's Defence Spending Defies Simple Tally

    Ever wondered how much Australia really spends on defence? The answer is surprisingly complicated, with the country's new National Defence Strategy revealing not one, not two, but three different ways to tally the costs.

    osintsights.com/australias-def

    #NationalSecurity #DefenceSpending #Australia #Geopolitics #GovernmentPolicy

  19. “Increasing #defencespending (in #Canada) to 5% of #GDP by 2035 means spending at least $230 billion a year . Getting the #industrialpolicy right is essential if this spending is to act as a catalyst for #economicdevelopment.” app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...

  20. Australia Boosts Defence Spending on Uncrewed Systems and Missile Defence

    Australia's latest defence spending plan puts a bold focus on game-changing tech, prioritizing uncrewed systems, advanced missile defence, and strike weapons to stay ahead of emerging threats. This strategic shift signals a new era in defence strategy, tackling the complexities of modern warfare head-on.

    osintsights.com/australia-boos

    #MissileDefence #UncrewedSystems #DefenceSpending #Australia #NationalSecurity

  21. Climate finance, defence spending and war

    "Pope Leo XIV has said that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war, in comments that will be seen as another sharp escalation in his almost week-long feud with the White House over the US-Israel war on Iran....They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." >>
    theguardian.com/world/2026/apr
    #war #destruction #FossilFuels #ClimateFinance #biodiversity #restoration #education #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #MIC #climate #DefenceSpending

  22. CW: UK Politics, Global geopolitics, Wars and stuff

    The government really need to listen to Lord Robertson. He knows what he's talking about, and the world is no longer a safe place. We need to be prepared for the world that we actually live in, not the world that we'd like it to be.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje4n5

    #Defence #DefenceSpending #UKPolitics #UKMilitary #StrategicDefenceReview #LordRobertson

  23. #Auspol #AUKUS #DefenceSpending

    Saturday Paper June 14 2025

    Hugh White
    Can Albanese fix Australia’s defence?

    (Hugh White is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. He is a former deputy secretary of the Department of Defence and wrote Australia’s 2000 Defence White Paper.)

    <<The news that Washington is reviewing the AUKUS submarine deal puts a bombshell under Australia’s defence policy and sharpens the debate of recent weeks about defence spending. In that debate, suddenly 3 per cent is the new 2 per cent. For 30 years, 2 per cent of gross domestic product has been widely accepted as the benchmark for responsible defence spending. Recently, the number has drifted up towards 2.5 per cent. Now, under pressure from United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, people, including the Coalition, are seriously considering 3 per cent.

    This is real money. Each per cent of GDP means about $28 billion, every year. Defence is important, but it is a big mistake to spend more on it than necessary, because every dollar taken from other priorities for defence makes us a less educated, less healthy and less productive society.

    We will never discover how much we need to spend on defence by bandying GDP percentages. In this debate they are close to meaningless, as Anthony Albanese has, to his credit, made clear. The only sensible way to set the defence budget is to build the case step by step. What broad strategic objectives do we want our armed forces to be able to achieve? What operations do they therefore need to be able to perform? What capabilities would perform those operations most cost-effectively? How much do those capabilities cost?>>
    ——
    <<We will have to spend [our defence budget] much more wisely, by rigorously applying the logic of defence policy – defining strategic objectives, setting operational priorities, selecting the most cost-effective capabilities, and delivering them as cheaply and efficiently as possible. It is a long time since our defence policy was subjected to this kind of ruthless analysis.>>

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    thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/