The country at the heart of NATO couldn't jam and keep track of mystery drones flying over a key military base

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Flags of NATO members fly at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Belgium said on Sunday that it failed to jam drones over one of its most vital military bases and lost track of one drone that multiple vehicles were deployed to pursue.

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NATO's Baltic Sea patrol surge and much faster reaction time are driving down undersea sabotage, Western officials say

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the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), signals a Royal Netherlands Navy NH90 helicopter from the Rotterdam-class landing platform dock HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801) during exercise Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25) aboard the New York, July 6, 2025.
Western officials say undersea infrastructure sabotage is down since NATO began a security mission in the Baltic Sea.

US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl.

NATO Tests ‘Unjammable, Undetectable’ Laser Comms at Sea—and It Worked

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A Russian submarine's 'unusual' behavior has NATO's attention. A top official says it's 'limping home.'

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A Russian Kilo-class submarine near Belgium in October 2025.
NATO forces tracked a Russian submarine last week as it traveled near Europe.

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Europe is making a cheap anti-drone rocket for Ukraine that blasts a cloud of steel balls

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An overview photo of the FZ123 warhead on a table.
A to-scale model of the FZ123 warhead.

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A NATO ally says Russia 'physically pointed' weaponry at its warships and helicopters in strategic waters

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Russian navy vessel 'Vice-Admiral Kulakov', a Udaloy I-class destroyer, sails through the Great Belt Strait, Denmark.

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NATO's building a 'Walmart' for bargain drone-killers cheaper than jets and missiles to counter Russia, top commander says

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A French Rafale fighter jet takes off during a joint mission with Polish F16s at an air base in Minsk Mazowiecki on September 17, 2025.
A French fighter jet takes off from a Polish airbase in September.

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A US warship just joined up with NATO's new mission to blunt undersea sabotage for the first time

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), transits across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a comprehensive training unit exercise.
USS Bulkeley has joined NATO's Baltic Sentry mission.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye

NATO is trying to beat Russia and China on drones and robots. A top commander says it's not moving fast enough.

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A drone hovers near a military ship.
NATO forces tested drones, robots, and other systems off the coast of Portugal earlier this month.

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Russian military aircraft fly close to NATO warships all the time, top commander says

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FGS Hamburg Frigate takes part in the operation to stop Merchant Vessel Royal Diamond 7, a ship carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya's Benghazi, to enforce UN arms embargo on Libya within the Operation IRINI launched in May by EU, on September 10, 2020.
A Russian military aircraft flew near the German frigate FGS Hamburg earlier this month.

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