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New €46m Army Ranger Wing HQ and training centre designed around specific needs
The compound is said to include ‘kill house’ to allow soldiers to train for military operations such as hostage rescue missions ...
Irish Mirror on MSN9h
Defence Forces' elite Army Ranger Wing to get new €46m state of the art HQ
The Army Ranger Wing, the Defence Forces' elite unit, is set to receive a new €46 million headquarters and training centre at Curragh Camp in Co Kildare.
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Aviano’s F-16s Practice Integrated Air Missile Defense During Combat Archer UK
The 555th FS deployed to RAF Lakenheath for live-fire air-to-air weapon employment, saving millions of dollars compared to a deployment to Tyndall AFB or ...
Battlegroup troops test out new technology for wider Defence Forces, including advanced night-vision goggles
New equipment, which includes night vision technology, body armour and weapons, was issued to the 172 Irish soldiers assigned ...
Independent.ie on MSN1d
Irish Defence Forces join key EU intelligence pact to protect vital undersea cables
Ireland is scaling up its maritime security, with the Defence Forces set to join a European intelligence-sharing pact. Tánaiste Simon Harris has also directed officials in the Department of Defence to ...
Combat drones responsible for almost 80 per cent of all casualties in Ukraine conflict
COMBAT drones have now become the dominant killer on the battlefields of Ukraine, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. Up to 80 per ...
European Interest3d
Ireland on the verge of apical change in defence policy
Ireland is considering changing the main tenets of its defence policies as the country grapples with an identified crisis over its traditional pillars of foreign affairs and security, and it may need ...