26 h. ago Nato scrambles warplanes after Russia launches massive drone attack on Ukraine

NATO was forced to scramble fighter jets as between 20 and 30 missiles and up to 700 military drones were unleashed in Chernivtsi, close to the Romanian border.

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45 h. ago At least 23 killed in airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

A jet fighter is believed to have dropped a bomb on a building in the village’s monastery

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3 d. ago Europe just years away from uncrewed fighter jets, says defence start

AI company allowed its software to take control of a Gripen E fighter jet over the Baltic Sea in two test flights

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4 d. ago Man ‘sucked into plane engine and killed’ on major international airport runway as jet prepared to take off

Flights were suspended at Milan Bergamo Airport after a ‘fatal accident’ involving a Volotea commercial plane

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6 d. ago France says China used embassies to undermine sales of French fighter jet

Intelligence officials say Beijing tried to hammer the reputation and sales of the Rafale jet

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1 week ago Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report

Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’

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1 week ago Judges rule against Palestinian human rights group's claim that the UK is illegally arming Israel

A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets

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1 week ago Indian official blames ‘political constraints’ for loss of jets during clash with Pakistan

Latest revelation about India-Pakistan conflict triggers political row as embassy issues clarification

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1 week ago Palestinian human rights group loses legal challenge against UK government over arms exports to Israel

Al-Haq had challenged the Department of Business and Trade over its decision to continue supplying parts for F-35 fighter jets to Iraeli forces

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s China deal: rare earths pave the green road to militarisation | Editorial

Clean tech’s key minerals now drive western rearmament, reviving extractive ambition and exposing the toxic cost of dependenceIt’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric vehicles, are now the prize in a geopolitical arms race. The trade agreement between Washington and Beijing restores rare earth shipments from China to the US, which had been suspended in retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs. Behind the bluster, there has been a realisation in Washington that these are critical inputs for the US. They are needed not just by American icons such as Ford and Boeing but for its fighter jets, missile guidance systems and satellite communications.This understanding suggests that Washington will scale back some of its countermeasures once Beijing resumes delivery of rare earths. The paradox is that to reduce its dependence on China, the US must depend on Beijing ...

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2 w. ago NATO scramble warplanes to protect countries bordering Ukraine after Putin unleashes 537

The alliance sprang into action amid fears the Russian blitz could spill into neighbouring countries, with Poland confirming its fighter jets were launched and its air defences put on full alert.

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2 w. ago Britain will need America's permission to carry out tactical nuclear strikes with new fighter jets

When the UK receives its jets and the bombs at the end of the decade, it will be the first time that Britain has boasted an air-launched tactical nuclear weapon since 1998

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2 w. ago How and why is Britain obtaining access to nuclear gravity bombs?

UK purchase of F-35A squadron means US nuclear warheads are likely to be stored on British soil once againBritain is to obtain air-launched nuclear weapons by buying a squadron of 12 F-35A fighter jets, which are capable of carrying the US B61-12 gravity bomb as well as conventional arms, Keir Starmer has announced at the Nato summit. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Britain to purchase 12 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons

The jets, a variant of the F35Bs the UK already uses, can carry conventional weapons, but can also be equipped with nuclear bombs

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2 w. ago Britain to expand nuclear deterrent fleet of new fighter jets

The jets, a variant of the F35Bs the UK already uses, can carry conventional weapons, but can also be equipped with nuclear bombs.

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2 w. ago Britain is buying 12 fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs, Sir Keir Starmer will announce

Britain is to buy 12 fighter jets capable of dropping nuclear bombs, Keir Starmer will announce tomorrow.

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2 w. ago UK to buy new fighter jets for RAF’s first nuclear role since Cold War

Ministers hailed the announcement as the ‘biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation’

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2 w. ago Iran and Israel launch intense wave of attacks as Trump talks of regime change

Attacks on both sides ramp up as US president questions if regime change in Tehran could ‘make Iran great again’Live coverage: region braces for Iranian response to US strikesUS-Iran crisis: what we know so farIran and Israel have launched intense waves of attacks and missile strikes after Donald Trump raised the prospect of regime change in Tehran, further provoking a situation that was drastically inflamed by US strikes on nuclear sites over the weekend.Israel’s military said on Monday it was attacking around Iran’s western city of Kermanshah. It said 15 fighter jets had struck missile launchers and storage sites close to the border with Iraq. One of its drones was downed during an operation, it said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I was on TUI plane when fighter jets were scrambled over device on board'

Cheryl Sainsbury was travelling to Lanzarote with her friends when the captain said they would need to land due to reports of a 'device' on board - and fighter jets were deployed

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3 w. ago They took a holiday selfie on the plane, then the captain told them there was a 'device' on board and fighter jets were scrambled

Cheryl Sainsbury, from Pontypridd, said that cabin crew were searching the plane for a rucksack before their flight was escorted to Lanzarote by fighter jets following a bomb scare on a TUI flight from Cardiff to Lanzarote

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