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Baltic Defence Weekly – No. 64 (5–11 January 2026): Frankenburg–Babcock Air Defence Push, Baltic Ammo Expansion, and Finland’s Air Defence Lessons

This issue opens 2026 with major momentum in Baltic and regional defence. Estonia’s Frankenburg Technologies signs an MoU with UK defence giant Babcock to develop a containerised, low-cost counter-drone air defence launch platform. Latvia breaks ground on the Baltic states’ first 155mm modular powder charge assembly plant, while Rheinmetall advances…
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Baltic Defence Weekly No. 62 (22–28 Dec 2025): 2025 Year in Review — The Baltic Defence Boom, Drone Era Lessons, and Europe’s Rearmament Shift

The year-end edition looks back at 2025’s defining defence moments across the Baltics and Europe—from landmark events, major procurement and industrial moves, and the accelerating role of drones and counter-drone solutions, to the strategic weight of permanent allied presence and large-scale rearmament decisions. This issue compiles the year’s top developments…
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Baltic Defence Weekly No. 60 (8–14 Dec 2025): Leopard 2A8 Assembly in Lithuania, CAESAR Mk II Deal, and Baltic–German Defence Ties

This issue tracks a major leap in Baltic defence industrial capacity: a German-backed plan to assemble Leopard 2A8 tanks in Lithuania and Lithuania’s €252m CAESAR Mk II artillery purchase. We also cover a record Estonian defence-tech delegation to Berlin, new DefSecIntel–TYTAN counter-drone cooperation, and leaders’ pledge to deliver Rail Baltica…
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