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• [New] Denmark will provide Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 1.1 billion kroner (roughly $172 million), including maritime equipment and funding for training. Critical Threats
• [New] The mood in the Caribbean grows increasingly tense, as the United States intensifies its military threats. Countercurrents
• [New] If Ukraine receives Tomahawk missiles, they will be used exclusively against military targets. Caliber.az
• [New] The debt-funded defence spending increase in Germany will drive overall demand for European defence products. Bruegel | The Brussels-based economic think tank
• [New] If the current trajectory continues, Russia will have the world's second largest standing army after China, which continues to massively increase its own military capability. Bruegel | The Brussels-based economic think tank
• [New] DEEPENING defence COOPERATION: Australia committed to enhanced burden sharing and is making new defence investments that will bolster the U.S.-Australia alliance. The White House
• [New] The JSDF plans to conduct anti-ship and missile defence drills near Hokkaido, Kyushu, and the Southwestern Islands. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] The military will strengthen the screening of military personnel who have access to sensitive information to shield Taiwan from the PRC's pervasive infiltration efforts. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] The layered air defence network would feature closer sensor-to-shooter system integration, allowing Taiwan's air defences to achieve higher success rates when intercepting threats, while also allocating resources more efficiently. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] Defence spending in Europe will rise, but strategic coordination will weaken. BakuNetwork.org
• [New] Norway will allocate 5.9 billion euros (roughly $6.86 billion) of its 2026 national budget for military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine's Arms Monitor
• [New] The United States Army Counterintelligence Command is ramping up its efforts to tackle the contemporary threats faced by soldiers from foreign combatants as the landscape of espionage evolves. SSBCrack News
• [New] DPRK threat actors indiscriminately target cryptocurrency companies and users globally, and attempt to steal data from defence industries, governments, and academia to improve their internal security and military capabilities. Industrial Cyber
• [New] The roadmap, which requires the approval of EU leaders, sets an ambition to increase the share of arms procured from EU and Ukrainian defence companies to 55% by 2028 and to 60% by 2030. Mint
• [New] A European Drone Defense Initiative will create a system to counter unmanned aerial vehicles, with initial capacity by the end of 2026 and full functionality by the end of 2027. Courthouse News Service
• [New] The scale of Europe's pivot is unprecedented: Defence budgets have nearly doubled in four years, from 218 billion euros in 2021 to a projected 392 billion euros in 2025. Courthouse News Service
• [New] Taiwan will build a new multi-layered air defence system called T-Dome to defend itself against enemy threats and increase defence spending. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Observers expected a surge in violence following reports that the Myanmar military has fueled Rohingya militant agitation throughout the year in the increasingly desperate Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Acled
• USA The US Army plans to deploy the first hypersonic weapon by the end of 2025. EADaily
• The Ukrainian delegation will propose an agreement to the United States to buy air-defense systems and the HIMARS artillery system, together with modifications for ATACMS tactical missiles. Ukraine's Arms Monitor
• The US Department of Defense will pay troops using another funding source to ensure they do not miss a paycheck. McDermott+
• Through the first half of 2025, venture investments into U.S.-based defence tech startups totaled roughly $38 billion and could very well exceed the 2021 peak should the pace of investing remain constant through the end of the year. J.P. MORGAN

Last updated: 23 October 2025