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...The US has sent more 1mn rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukrainian armed forces....
...Jens Stoltenberg was speaking after Nato signed a contract for “hundreds of thousands of rounds” of 155mm artillery ammunition. Here’s more on the agreement. 3....
...Thirteen raids in Upper and Lower Austria over a 24-hour period recovered an arsenal of more than 800 lethal and illegal weapons, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and an array of Nazi “devotional items,” Austrian...
...The failure rate of US-made cluster bombs is 2.4 per cent, compared with 30 to 40 per cent for Russian models, according to US defence officials....
...The EU has also fallen short in fulfilling existing pledges made to Kyiv, sending less than half the 1mn rounds of ammunition it promised last year.But Ukraine’s situation was far from hopeless, stressed...
...Vladimir Putin’s defence chief travelled to Pyongyang on a mission to secure ammunition for the invasion of Ukraine last month....
...Germany also intends to buy up to 330,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition in the coming years, of which around 20,000 rounds will be earmarked for Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the plans...
...This story has more of the details of the statement. Related: EY in the UK has told staff to expect less generous pay rises this year and prepare for a small round of redundancies....
...But, as a point of comparison, the 2022 US artillery munitions budget of $174mn includes over 75 000 rounds of “dumb” ammunition, according to analysis by the Royal United Services Institute....
...The EU has issued seven rounds of sanctions against Belarus, and member states last week agreed to an export ban on goods such as firearms, ammunition and products related to space and aviation....
...Mobs have looted more than 4,000 weapons and half a million rounds of ammunition from police in Manipur, according to official estimates, only some of which have been recovered....
...At the end of the cold war in the early 1990s it was close to 4 per cent. A small boost would make a big difference. UK procurement accounts for £17bn of a total defence budget of £42bn....
...While the war may have spurred policymakers and companies into action — with EU ministers agreeing an ambitious target to supply 1mn rounds of ammunition to Ukraine within a year — the reality is that production...
...Nationwide said a drop of 1.4 per cent in November came as rising borrowing costs weighed on sentiment. Perhaps coming to the rescue, John Lewis is to link with Abrdn to build homes for rent....
...Poland plans to hit 4 per cent of GDP this year....
...The viewing concluded with a brief, somewhat guarded visit to the back garden where piles of assorted junk sat amid mounds of freshly ploughed soil....
...Ukrainian and Nato officials have also warned in recent days of ammunition shortages as the war approaches its first anniversary on February 24....
...The latest package will include additional ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems (Himars), tens of thousands of rounds of artillery and mortar ammunition, anti-armour systems and armoured...
...Calling them “points of invincibility”, Zelenskyy said 4,000 shelters had been prepared, with more planned....
...Museum-goers have queued round the block in London, New York, Moscow and Melbourne to watch this mesmerising film of films, a 24-hour functioning timepiece composed of 12,000 clips marking every minute of...
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...to rise at least above 4 per cent throughout this tightening cycle....
...Bioenergy Europe, a trade association, warned that if adopted, the revised directive will cut 20 per cent of Europe’s renewable energy supply or 4 per cent of total energy....
...The latest round of negotiations bore the hallmarks of a last-ditch attempt to secure an agreement between the Islamic republic and the Biden administration. 5....
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