What does International Law Say About Military Use of Outer Space, Legal Analysis of the McGill Manual

Since 2009, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has promoted and supervised a series of initiatives to improve interoperability between the Member States in joint operations involving the employment of helicopters. The Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP) has so far produced sixteen joint exercises, which have progressively gained wider participation, with eight countries (France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Portugal) providing their infrastructures for the operations.

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Read more about the article Total Defence 2021-2025: Sweden Wants To Increase Military Spending By 40%
Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist. Photo: Mikael Kiesbye/Government Offices

Total Defence 2021-2025: Sweden Wants To Increase Military Spending By 40%

On 24 August, the Swedish Armed Forces issued a press release stating that they were stepping up military red lines because of Russian and Western military activity in the Baltic Sea region.

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Read more about the article Let’s Go Green: France is Ready to Make its Army more Sustainable
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Let’s Go Green: France is Ready to Make its Army more Sustainable

The military sector has a huge impact on the environment; of particular concern are the legacy issues associated with military installations, as well as the exemptions from environmental oversight that militaries often enjoy (Ministére des Armées, 2019).

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