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...Saab said that it was paying €75mn for a 5 per cent stake in Helsing. That would imply a valuation of €1.5bn for Munich-based Helsing, before including any new funds raised....
...“It cannot be ruled out that within a three- to five-year period, Russia will test Article 5 and Nato’s solidarity. That was not Nato’s assessment in 2023....
...Assuming each carries 30 rounds priced at €5,000 each, and 30 days of supplies are kept on standby, that would account for €3.6bn of additional sales....
...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....
...types of ammunition by more than 60 times....
...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...
...“Show us at least one officer or sergeant in the American army who has fired, for example, 5,000 to 7,000 rounds with this [M777 howitzer],” Viktor, a battery commander in a Ukrainian artillery unit, told...
...Context: Ukraine is firing something like 5,000 artillery rounds a day, which is roughly what a small European country buys in a year during peacetime....
...Ukraine is estimated to be firing more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day — equal to a smaller European country’s orders in an entire year in peacetime....
...Ukraine’s battle against Russia is consuming ammunition at unprecedented rates, with the country firing more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day — equal to a smaller European country’s orders in an entire...
...Kyiv’s forces are estimated to be firing more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day — equal to a smaller European country’s orders in an entire year in peacetime....
...Related: EY in the UK has told staff to expect less generous pay rises this year and prepare for a small round of redundancies....
...European allies are scrambling to offer support to Ukraine, which is firing more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day — equal to a smaller European country’s orders in an entire peacetime year....
...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...
...The figures come from data provider PitchBook LCD. 5....
...Ukrainian forces are estimated to be firing more than 5,000 artillery rounds daily, while Russia is estimated to be consuming four times that amount as it seeks to take territory in the east....
...For example, an artillery piece must fire between 100 and 200 rounds per gun daily to be effective in battle....
...This comes as a top Fed official warned that US unemployment rate could hit 5 per cent next year. Added jobs are a blow to the markets....
...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...
...And if we look at ammunition supply as quite a good example, Europe has provided about, I think, 300,000 rounds of 155 to Ukraine. The US has provided around 2mn....
...Even the EU is breaking new ground, agreeing last week to spend €1bn on joint orders of ammunition, and use €1bn to reimburse member states for supplying rounds to Ukraine from existing stocks....
...George Parker Well, I thought it was a nice try and I thought Rishi Sunak did as well as he possibly could have done in that round of prime minister’s question time, given the amount of Liz Truss ammunition...
...And they’re also fully aware that state finances are under severe pressure all round....
...Here is a round-up of some of the nominations....
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