NATO nations pledged in June to raise “core” defense spending to 3.5 percent of their GDP, which would be funneled into buying new military equipment and other capabilities. Another 1.5 percent would be earmarked for defense-related spending, such as infrastructure the armed forces may need to use.

A blast ripped through Poland’s vital Warsaw-Lublin railway line early Sunday, shattering the calm near the village of Mika and sending shockwaves across Europe. The explosion, caused by military-grade C4,

While the U.S. has taken part in previous iterations of the military exercise, this year's U.S. footprint was smaller as allied nations are pressed by the Trump administration to put more into European defense.

A spokesperson for Poland's special services minister accused Russian intelligence Tuesday of orchestrating a railway blast that destroyed a key track on a route used to deliver aid to Ukraine. Jacek Dobrzyński told reporters that "everything indicates" Russian intelligence was behind the sabotage of Polish railways.

The U.S. NATO envoy supports a German general taking command of all allied forces, a job that has been held by an American officer.

NATO Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFCNF) posted dramatic footage of Norwegian submarine KNM Uthaug torpedoing the decommissioned warship KNM Trondheim during the Aegir 25 exercise on Tuesday, Nov.

President Trump said Tuesday he will designate Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, marking a step up in defense ties between the U.S. and the Gulf monarchy.