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Norway boosts defense spending for second time in two months
Norwegian Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram, from left, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum take part in a news…
NORAD detects Russian warplanes in Alaskan ADIZ
A NORAD F-22 Raptor intercepts at Russian Tu-95 bomber in the Alaskan Area Defense Identification Zone on June 16, 2020. NORAD employs a layered defense network…
Distinct Advantage: Operation Global Guardian 24-2 North American and…
A Royal Danish Air Force F-16 pilot participates in Operation Global Guardian 24-2. OPERATION GLOBAL GUARDIAN 24-2
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Finnish Air Force Commander visits NORAD and USNORTHCOM
Finnish Maj. Gen. Juha-Pekka Keränen, right, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Robertson stand outside the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command…
USNORTHCOM provides critical support in fighting U.S. wildfires
An Air National Guard C-130 out of Reno, Nevada, drops retardant on the Beckwourth Complex Fire on July 9, 2021, near Frenchman Lake in northern California.…
Canada sends first Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel to train with Pacific…
A Royal Canadian Navy Arctic Offshore Patrol Vehicle patrols the icy Arctic waters. ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
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Canada conducted a major exercise…
NORAD celebrates its 66th anniversary marking Canadian, U.S. partnership
Royal Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Blaise Frawley, deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, hosts the celebration of NORAD’s 66th…
U.S. bolsters defense against hypersonic missile threat to homeland
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected a California-based company to develop software capable of detecting hypersonic missiles in flight from satellite…
Norway speeds up defense spending to reach NATO target
Norway has met the NATO goal of spending 2% of its GDP on defense two years early. Norwegian Soldiers, pictured above in a 2022 NATO exercise, will be better…
Denmark wants female conscripts to bolster military defense, NATO
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks during a news conference about strengthening the country’s Armed Forces by making conscription mandatory for…