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Trying to Satisfy Trump, NATO Is Running Into Difficulties

Par :Lara Jakes and Steven Erlanger
A plan to increase military spending at the level President Trump wants is becoming clearer, as are its shortcomings.

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A Norwegian naval commando hoisted himself onto the deck of a ship during a NATO exercise in March.
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What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program

Par :Lara Jakes
Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at United Nations General Assembly last year. Experts believe that Israel has been expanding its secretive nuclear program.
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Israel and Ukraine Show How Drone Smuggling Is Powerful New War Technique

Par :Lara Jakes
Launching weapons from within their territory forces adversaries to look not only outward but also inside for threats, one expert said.

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People gathered on a hilltop in Tehran on Friday, after attacks by Israel.
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Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy

Par :Lara Jakes
The suggestion by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, would represent a sharp departure from decades of U.S. foreign policy.

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Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaking with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in May.
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Goal to Spend 5 Percent on Militaries Splits NATO Allies

Par :Lara Jakes
The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of President Trump’s.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.
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Israel Says It Made Record Weapons Sales Abroad While Fighting War

Par :Lara Jakes
The exports show how Israel is pursuing new markets as its forces battle on multiple fronts.

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A LORA quasi-ballistic missile by Israel Aerospace Industries was exhibited at the DEFEA Defense Exhibition in Athens in May.
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Drone Attacks Are the New Front in War. Can NATO Keep Up?

Par :Lara Jakes
Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt.

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Soldiers with Ukraine’s 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade who watch for, and try to shoot down, Russian drones, in the Kharkiv region last month.
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Ukraine Shows It Can Still Flip the Script on How Wars Are Waged

Par :Helene Cooper · Julian E. Barnes · Eric Schmitt · Lara Jakes and Adam Entous
The attack demonstrated Ukraine’s ability to use relatively cheap drones to take out expensive aircraft and to strike sites far from its borders.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Monday that Sunday’s drone strikes, known as Operation Spider Web, had “seriously weakened” Russia’s military operations.
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