NATO jets intercepted Russian bombers and fighters over the Baltic Sea in a routine air‑policing operation

The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO airspace. NATO says the Russian planes it intercepts often fail to use their transponders and don't communicate with air traffic controllers or file a flight plan. NATO jets are sent up to identify them.

The US is fast-tracking NATO defense spending and structural reforms while centering its Middle East policy on preventing a nuclear Iran. Dutch intelligence warns Russia could mount a regional challenge to NATO within a year after the Ukraine war ends ...

The Merops system has been deployed to Ukraine and the Middle East. Now, another Eastern European country is poised to field it amid the drone threat.

As President Donald Trump has continued to threaten withdrawing from NATO, the number of initiatives in Europe to become less dependent on the alliance is proliferating.

Soon after the Israeli-U.S. war in Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump called upon NATO allies to help support the effort. The response of European leaders was at first mixed. Some,

The Netherlands' MIVD warns of potential Russian hybrid warfare and nuclear threats against NATO post-Ukraine war, highlighting risks to European security and cyberattacks.

Lithuania’s parliament gave final approval to build a military training ground near a strategically vital stretch of NATO territory, amid protests by local residents and opposition from within the governing coalition. The military site at Kapciamiestis ...

NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a muscular display of air power on the alliance’s eastern flank away from the spotlight on the Middle East.

With a simple switch of a magazine, the Drone Round is claimed to turn a standard NATO caliber small arm into a drone-killing weapon that combines the scattershot of a shotgun with the speed, power and rapid fire of an infantry assault rifle.

Increasingly, Norwegian Joint Headquarters in Reitan, a 30-minute drive from the Arctic town of Bodø, is also spearheading NATO’s intensifying efforts to track the submarines of Russia’s Northern Fleet.

NATO has awarded its E-3A AWACS replacement contract to Saab and Bombardier, selecting the GlobalEye platform, according to French defense publication La Lettre