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MediaFaro News Digest

Sánchez: Spain will reach 2% defence spending four years early.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez today announced a €10.5 billion security and defence plan to reach 2% of GDP on military expenditure this year, well before its initial 2029 deadline.

After years at the bottom of NATO’s defence rankings, Madrid is now racing ahead.

mediafaro.org/article/20250422

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez speaking at a lectern next to the Spanish and European flag. | EPA-EFE/JAVIER LIZON
Euractiv · Sánchez: Spain will reach 2% defence spending four years early.By Fernando Heller
#Spain#NATO#Defence
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MediaFaro Analysis

Germany shifts gears as auto slump meets defence boom.

Could Germany could solve two problems at once? Its struggling automotive sector is saddled with surplus factories and skilled labour, just as its booming defence industry is short on both.

The next move lies with policymakers.

mediafaro.org/article/20250417

An illustration of a car assembly line on one side and defence equipment on the other. | Illustration Olivia Meyer / NZZ
Neue Zürcher Zeitung · Germany shifts gears as auto slump meets defence boom.By René Höltschi, Michael Rasch
#Germany#CarManufacturing#Automotive
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Defence Blog

Egypt nears $1B deal for South Korea’s FA-50 jets

Egypt is on the verge of signing a major defense contract with South Korea for the acquisition of up to 100 FA-50 light combat aircraft, in a deal estimated to be worth over $1 billion. According to DefenseWeb, Egyptian Ambassador to South Korea Khaled Abdelrahman confirmed that negotiations with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) are nearly […]
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Defence Blog

South Korea pitches K9 howitzer to Canada

South Korea is positioning its K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer as a potential cornerstone of Canada’s ongoing military modernization program, offering an alternative to U.S.-made artillery systems as tensions between Ottawa and Washington continue to simmer. According to Canadian press reports from early March, a delegation of South Korean defense officials and in…
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Defence Blog

Ukraine approves UNEX’s robotic vehicle for battlefield use

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has officially codified and cleared the domestically developed UNEX UGV, an amphibious unmanned ground vehicle, for operational deployment within the country’s Defense Forces, according to a report from Militarnyi citing the Ministry. The UNEX UGV is a remote-controlled, armored wheeled platform designe…
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Pentagon sends new ship-killing missiles to Pacific hotspot

The United States is deploying its latest ship-killing missile system as part of a major military exercise with the Philippines near the South China Sea and Taiwan. According to Reuters and local media including the Philippine Inquirer, the Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed that the U.S. will field the Naval Strike Missile …
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