The United States withdrew from the AWACS replacement program in July, removing the strategic and financial base of the program, the Netherlands’ MoD said.

The US on Oct 29 said it would pull some troops out from Nato’s eastern flank. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Long overlooked, the question of military mobility has returned to the forefront of Western priorities in response to the Russian threat. Amid delayed investments, bureaucratic hurdles and continued dependence on the United States,

In the rugged, forested mountains of central Romania, 5,000 NATO troops gathered to fight off a make-believe enemy. In what the alliance billed as a “show of force,” two French Puma helicopters dropped from the clouds, skimming low over the hills as tanks and howitzers rolled into position and fighter jets and drones streaked across the sky.