‘Open the hives’ — Why France is turning tank gunners into FPV pilots
The Europe Brief
November 03, 2026
Cpl. Igor started a new job this year, swapping the sights of a 105 mm gun on the French Army's AMX 10 RC reconnaissance vehicle for first-person view goggles and a handheld controller. Read More
Kyiv now needs roughly twice as many jammers to stop each upgraded Shahed, intel officials and experts said. Read More
Switzerland narrowed down the choice of the country’s second future long-range air defense system to either Israel’s Barak MX system or the French-Italian SAMP/T NG. Read More
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German tank maker KNDS and Norway’s Ritek have begun producing Leopard 2A8 tanks in Norway, adding a land-based industrial foothold to a security partnership spanning submarines, missiles and military operations in Europe’s north. Read More
Germany’s Helsing is offering a novel pair of air-defense missiles, plus the requisite AI software to organize intercepts, for downing fast attack drones for under $100,000 per shot. Read More
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France, UK carry out joint airborne nuclear-strike exercise for first time
“This is a revolution for the Strategic Air Forces, which have always operated in complete autonomy since their creation in the 1960s,” said one analyst. Read More
Washington blamed Moscow for deliberately moving a Russian military satellite with an undisclosed mission close last week to a U.S.-registered satellite. Read More
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