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   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/grosswald-curated-no-24-gpus-the-draft-drone-ships-europes-ai-autobahn-meets-the-belarus-china-russia-grey-zone/",
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   "date": "2025-06-10T21:28:41.000+02:00",
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   "title": "Denmark’s €1B Air Defence Deal: Tri-System Purchase Challenges NATO Procurement Model",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/denmark-tri-system-air-defense-nasams-iris-t-mica-2025/",
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   "title": "Großwald Curated | No. 23 — Merz in DC, Minsk–Kazan UAV Pact, Zapad-25, Lithuania’s Line Holds",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/grosswald-curated-no-23-merz-in-dc-minsk-kazan-uav-pact-zapad-25-lithuanias-line-holds/",
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   "title": "Diehl Brings C2 Simulation In-House with e.sigma Acquisition",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/diehl-esigma-acquisition-synthetic-training-integration/",
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   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-ukraine-weapons-pact-taurus/",
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   "title": "Diehl Deploys JRV-01 Target Drones for Realistic IRIS-T Firings in Asian Airspace",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/diehl-deploys-jrv-01-target-drones-for-realistic-iris-t-firings-in-asian-airspace/",
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   "date": "2025-05-16T11:38:47.000+02:00",
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   "date": "2025-05-16T08:46:30.000+02:00",
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   "title": "Großwald Systems: Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/integrated-air-and-missile-defense-multilayer-architecture-from-shorad-to-strategic-shielding/",
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   "date": "2025-05-11T00:21:13.000+02:00",
   "slug": "diehl-defence-inks-iris-t-block-ii-deal-with-sener-touts-hydef-eatmi-at-feindef-2025",
   "title": "Diehl Defence inks IRIS-T Block II deal with Sener, touts HYDEF/EATMI at FEINDEF 2025",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/diehl-defence-inks-iris-t-block-ii-deal-with-sener-touts-hydef-eatmi-at-feindef-2025/",
   "type": "article"
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   "date": "2025-05-08T23:22:18.000+02:00",
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   "title": "Ukraine's Sea-Based SAM Nodes: MAGURA V7 Delivers First NATO AIM‑9 Kill, Second Su‑30 Downed",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/sea-based-sam-magura-v7-nato-aim9-su30/",
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   "date": "2025-05-06T01:31:41.000+02:00",
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   "title": "Ukraine Air Defense May 2025 – Gripen Transfer, Patriot Expansion, Drone Interceptions",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/ukraine-air-defense-may-2025/",
   "type": "article"
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   "date": "2025-04-29T01:23:39.000+02:00",
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   "title": "Switzerland Buys IRIS-T SLM & TRML-4D to Close Air Defense Gap",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/switzerland-iris-t-slm-trml-4d-sky-shield-2025/",
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   "title": "Plug-and-Play Thrust-Vectoring: Diehl & MDSI Make IRIS-T Payload Platform-Agnostic",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/plug-and-play-lethality-diehl-mdsi-bring-iris-t-to-legacy-nato-jets-with-platform-agnostic-payloads/",
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   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/fcas-governance-crisis-dassault-warns/",
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   "date": "2025-04-01T08:30:36.000+02:00",
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   "title": "Germany Orders 120 Patriot PAC-3 MSE Missiles: What the €763.5M Deal Means for NATO Air Defense",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-orders-120-patriot-pac-3-mse-missiles-in-eu763-5-million-defense-deal/",
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   "date": "2025-03-22T18:45:06.000+01:00",
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   "title": "German Pistorius Reevaluates U.S. Weapons & F-35 Deal Over US Control Risks",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-under-pistorius-reevaluates-u-s-weapon-systems-f-35-acquisition-over-us-control-risks/",
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   "title": "Germany’s Accelerated Military Procurement: What Went Well and What Not",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germanys-accelerated-military-procurement-what-went-well-and-what-not/",
   "type": "perspective"
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   "date": "2024-12-31T09:34:42.000+01:00",
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   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/grosswald-systems-iris-t-slm-surface-to-air-missile-systems/",
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   "title": "NATO’s Air Command and Control System: 2024 ACCS Milestones and Upgrades",
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   "title": "German Tactical Air Defense System (TLVS) Canceled: Focus Shifts to ESSI, Patriot, IRIS-T SLM",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/german-tactical-air-defense-system-tlvs-canceled-focus-shifts-to-essi-patriot-irist-slm/",
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   "date": "2024-12-22T14:39:38.000+01:00",
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   "title": "IRIS-T SLM for ESSI in Q4 2024: Delayed Ukraine Delivery, German IOC, Bulgarian Acquisition",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/iris-t-slm-for-essi-in-q4-2024-delayed-ukraine-delivery-german-ioc-bulgarian-acquisition/",
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   "title": "Strengthening the Sky Shield: Q4 Air Defense Updates in Central Europe",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/strengthening-the-shield-q4-2024-air-defense-updates-in-central-europe/",
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   "date": "2024-11-11T12:52:10.000+01:00",
   "slug": "strengthening-eu-air-defense-natinamds-and-essi-sky-shield",
   "title": "The European Sky Shield: The Shield Europe Can Buy versus the One It Can Build",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/strengthening-eu-air-defense-natinamds-and-essi-sky-shield/",
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  {
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   "count": 41
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   "count": 33
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 "sources": [
  {
   "source": "Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów (gov.pl)",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/polska-buduje-najnowoczesniejsza-armie-w-europie-centrum-serwisowe-apache-powstanie-w-lodzi",
   "context": "Polish government release, 11 Aug: Apache service centre to be established at WZL-1 Łódź under Boeing offset; Tusk, Tomczyk, Sobkowiak-Czarnecka present; WZL-1 employment to double; centre to serve at least 96 AH-64E. Fetched directly."
  },
  {
   "source": "Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (gov.pl)",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.gov.pl/web/obrona-narodowa/zawarcie-wykonawczych-umow-offsetowych-pomiedzy-wzl1-z-boeing-company-z-udzialem-wiceministrow-mon",
   "context": "MON release confirming the signing ceremony of offset implementing agreements between WZL-1 and Boeing Company at Łódź on 11 Aug with MON state secretaries attending. Fetched directly; article body thin, headline and date confirmed."
  },
  {
   "source": "Defence24",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://defence24.pl/przemysl/lodz-europejskim-centrum-obslugi-apache-umowy-podpisane",
   "context": "Capability detail: WZL-1 and WCBKT S.A. signed with Boeing; Authorised Service Centre for AH-64E covering organisational and intermediate-level maintenance, repair and overhaul plus selected depot-level component repair; Gen 4 TADS/PNVS and LONGBOW radar servicing via Lockheed Martin; WCBKT-Boeing on Polish ground support equipment. Quotes Tusk, Tomczyk, Sobkowiak-Czarnecka ('The era when Poland was only a client has ended')."
  },
  {
   "source": "Rzeczpospolita (radar.rp.pl), Maciej Miłosz",
   "date": "10 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://radar.rp.pl/modernizacja-sil-zbrojnych/art44958551-nie-tylko-smiglowce-polska-buduje-zaplecze-dla-apache-ow-za-1-2-mld-zl",
   "context": "Offset breakdown: Boeing agreement approx PLN 440m; Lockheed Martin March 2026 over PLN 300m; GE Aerospace approx PLN 500m for T700-701D/CT7-2E1/CT7-8E engine servicing; total about PLN 1.2bn. States the authorised Apache service centre in Łódź is to be established by the end of 2036. Apache deliveries 2027-2032."
  },
  {
   "source": "wnp.pl",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.wnp.pl/rynki/w-wzl1-w-lodzi-powstanie-centrum-serwisowe-dla-smiglowcow-apache-umowy-wykonawcze-podpisane-aktualizacja,1088983.html",
   "context": "WZL-1, WCBKT S.A. and Boeing; seven Boeing offset obligations on inspection/repair/maintenance competencies and six GE obligations on turbine engine servicing at the Dęblin branch; personnel training at the Military University of Technology (WAT); employment at Łódź and Dęblin to double. Tusk quote on building a European service centre for American helicopters in Łódź."
  },
  {
   "source": "ProTV Chișinău",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://protv.md/actualitate/un-aparat-de-zbor-asemanator-cu-gheran-3-a-survolat-spatiul-aerian-al-republicii-moldova-ce-spune-ministerul-apararii---2764863.html",
   "context": "Moldovan Ministry of Defence statement, published 11 Aug 08:34: National Army radars detected an aircraft with characteristics similar to a Gheran-3 (Shahed-238) near Priozerne, Slobozia district, at 23:41 the previous evening (10 Aug), leaving at 23:42 toward north of Stepanivka, during Russian strikes on the Odesa region. Also records the 9 Aug Crocmaz explosion and the ambassador recall."
  },
  {
   "source": "Militarnyi",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://militarnyi.com/en/news/drone-enters-moldova-following-moldova-s-decision-to-recall-ambassador-from-russia/",
   "context": "Corroborates the 10 Aug 23:41 airspace violation near Priozerne, Slobozia, the Geran-3 identification, and the 9 Aug Crocmaz crash at approx 2.5 m altitude after striking a tree, damaging several properties, no injuries; preliminary reading a Banderol."
  },
  {
   "source": "Meduza",
   "date": "10 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/10/moldova-recalls-ambassador-from-russia-after-drone-explodes-in-crocmaz-near-ukraine-s-border",
   "context": "Moldova recalls its ambassador from Russia for consultations after the Crocmaz explosion."
  },
  {
   "source": "Kyiv Independent",
   "date": "10 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/moldova-recalls-ambassador-from-moscow-following-drone-crash/",
   "context": "Moldovan MFA wording: 'condemned in the strongest possible terms'; the incident 'represents a serious violation of Moldova's sovereignty and territorial integrity'. Sandu quote."
  },
  {
   "source": "Council of the EU (Consilium)",
   "date": "13 Jul 2026",
   "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/07/13/european-peace-facility-council-adopts-assistance-measure-to-support-the-republic-of-moldova-s-air-defence-capabilities/",
   "context": "Council adopts a EUR 120 million European Peace Facility assistance measure financing a mid-range air-defence system for Moldova's armed forces; brings total EPF support to Moldova to EUR 317 million. URL returned live in search; Consilium blocks direct fetch, corroborated by Moldpres and Kyiv Independent."
  },
  {
   "source": "Moldpres",
   "date": "13 Jul 2026",
   "url": "https://www.moldpres.md/eng/eu-1/eu-grants-moldova-additional-120-million-euros-to-strengthen-defense",
   "context": "Moldovan state agency confirmation of the EUR 120 million EPF air-defence measure."
  },
  {
   "source": "Zone Militaire / OPEX360",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.opex360.com/2026/08/11/larmee-de-terre-se-dote-dune-force-dexpertise-et-dexperimentation/",
   "context": "Général Bruno Baratz, commanding the Commandement du combat futur, announces creation of the Force d'expertise et d'expérimentation (FEX) — hybrid unit of regulars, reservists, national-service volunteers, robots and drones; successor to the Force d'expertise du combat Scorpion created 2017 at Mailly-le-Camp; set beside the Pendragon roboticised combat unit targeted for summer 2027. Mission quote verbatim in French."
  },
  {
   "source": "hartpunkt",
   "date": "10 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.hartpunkt.de/polen-offenbar-weiter-an-a400m-interessiert/",
   "context": "Deputy defence minister Paweł Zalewski confirms Polish MoD interest in the A400M in a Polskie Radio interview; Airbus offer of 10-14 A400M plus two A330 MRTT; financing from unused SAFE allocations, Poland the largest SAFE recipient at approx EUR 44bn; Kosiniak-Kamysz discussed with Spain's Margarita Robles in Madrid in late June."
  },
  {
   "source": "European Security & Defence (euro-sd.com)",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://euro-sd.com/2026/08/news/exclusive-news/52766/otokar-welcomes-romanias-mapn/",
   "context": "Romanian defence minister Radu-Dinel Miruță visits Otokar's Automecanica Mediaș plant; 290 of 1,059 COBRA II 4x4 delivered under a contract of approx EUR 857m signed November 2024; over 780 to be built locally over five years; production team above 300. Özüner quote on technology transfer."
  },
  {
   "source": "European Pravda, citing DR (Danmarks Radio)",
   "date": "10 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/10/7243248/",
   "context": "Bornholm measuring station logged 30 GPS jamming/spoofing events in 2026 against 16 in all of 2025 and 11 in 2024; researcher Søren Reime Larsen quoted; cargo master Jens Nielsen describes a day without usable signal on 29 July."
  },
  {
   "source": "Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów (gov.pl, English)",
   "date": "Aug 2024",
   "url": "https://www.gov.pl/web/primeminister/poland-to-become-worlds-second-largest-apache-operator",
   "context": "Official delivery schedule: first AH-64E arrive in 2028; 96 aircraft; approx USD 10.8bn; states a service centre will be built in Łódź. Used to correct the 2027 start date carried by Rzeczpospolita. NOTE: this page says final delivery two years after 2028, which conflicts with the 2032 endpoint in trade reporting — the edition therefore asserts the start year only."
  },
  {
   "source": "Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (gov.pl)",
   "date": "23 Mar 2026",
   "url": "https://www.gov.pl/web/obrona-narodowa/umowy-offsetowe-dla-apache-podpisane--wzl-1-lodz-centrum-wsparcia-dla-smiglowcow-ah-64e",
   "context": "March 2026 Lockheed Martin offset agreement with WZL-1: 'formally opens the technology implementation process and begins building complete specialized support infrastructure for Apache helicopters at WZL-1 in Łódź'; covers sensor systems, avionics and engine support; plant also to service AW101 and Black Hawk. Basis for softening the edition's 'permission vs technical data package' formulation."
  },
  {
   "source": "Handelsblatt (interview, Iryna Terekh)",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/ukraine-fire-point-baut-europas-abfangraketefreyja-guenstiger-als-patriot-01/100245844.html",
   "context": "Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh: Freyja/FP-7X minimum viable product mid-2027, series production end-2027; 10 European governments + 13 European companies; under EUR 1m per round in series, >=2,000 in the first year vs ~600 Patriot rounds/yr from Raytheon+Lockheed; intercept band 25-50% (HER OWN figure, interested source); Diehl Defence in open negotiation for the SEEKER; Leonardo/Thales/Saab partners; 'none of the partners has experience with anti-ballistic missiles'; 90 sites in Ukraine; 'European bureaucracy worries us more than the Russians'; FP-7 (200 km) clearance expected end-Aug, FP-9 (850 km) MVP end-Nov. Published 04:01. Supplied verbatim by the user."
  },
  {
   "source": "Handelsblatt (interview, Bastian Ernst)",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/verteidigung-gelingt-der-aufbau-der-reserve-fuer-die-bundeswehr/100245321.html",
   "context": "Reservistenverband president Bastian Ernst (CDU MdB, in post since April): ~185,000 active, ~60,000 reservists with assigned posts; statutory targets 200,000 reservists by 2033, 260,000 active by 2035; year-end corridor 186-190k active, 70-80k reservists; expects the corridor to be missed 'next year, or at the latest the year after'; Bedarfswehrpflicht trigger; Reservestärkungsgesetz cleared cabinet early July, still needs parliament; age ceiling 65->68; 8 weeks' notice; units borrow rifles/vehicles from active formations; volunteers 'run into a closed door'; reserve = 43% of target personnel body. Supplied verbatim by the user."
  },
  {
   "source": "Reuters",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/poland-interested-unused-eu-safe-defence-funds-deputy-minister-says-2026-08-11/",
   "context": "Zalewski on Polish Radio, 11 Aug 08:48: Poland wants SAFE funds other states will not use; 'There will be a playoff in the negotiations with the European Commission. We will present our projects...'; additional funds could buy military transport or aerial refuelling aircraft. Poland's SAFE loan agreement = EUR 43.7bn, signed 8 May 2026. UPGRADES the card from hartpunkt (10 Aug) to a same-day wire primary and corrects the loose 'about EUR 44bn'."
  },
  {
   "source": "Reuters",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/latvia-finds-tunnel-under-belarus-border-vows-combat-people-smugglers-2026-08-11/",
   "context": "Latvia announces a tunnel found under the 173 km Belarus border and 'Operation Werewolf'; interior minister Jānis Dombrava on closer Border Guard/police/NAF/security-service cooperation and 'more intensive use of drones'; PM Andris Kulbergs 'They migrate to where it's easier. So we must not be the easiest place'; Latvian soldiers used teargas and a warning shot 22 July; Lithuania found a tunnel in July; cooperation with EE/LT/PL. Kulbergs also appeared in Signal No. 120 on Latvian infrastructure hardening."
  },
  {
   "source": "SECO (Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)",
   "date": "11 Aug 2026",
   "url": "https://www.seco.admin.ch/en/newnsb/Byvj7-WGL93MiOgIL-f2p",
   "context": "Switzerland adds 45 entities and 9 individuals to the Russia sanctions list, in force 23:00 local 11 Aug; entities in UAV production, military electronics, component supply; individuals include Rostec executive director Oleg Yevtushenko and former United Shipbuilding Corporation head Alexey Rakhmanov. EU designated the same names on 15 June — a ~2-month alignment lag. SECO URL returned live in search; detail corroborated via TASS report of the SECO statement (TASS used for corroboration only, not cited in the edition)."
  },
  {
   "source": "MVM Paks",
   "date": "2026-07-30",
   "url": "https://atomeromu.mvm.hu/hu-HU/Rolunk/Hirek/20260730_leallas",
   "context": "Operator notice 30 Jul (RAW-VERIFIED 3 Aug): full shutdown 'szükségessé válik' within 24-72h; VERBATIM: 'Az alacsony vizes állapotok 4 fokozatra vannak felosztva a Duna Paksi Atomerőmű vízkivételi művénél, az ún. hidegvizes csatorna öblözetében mért szintjei alapján: jelenleg a 3. fokozatban vagyunk. Az előrejelzések alapján reális esélye van a 4. fokozat bekövetkezésének' + 'A Duna vízszintje jelenleg 28 cm-rel van az előző, 2018-as rekordszint alatt (…100 éves minimum vízszint alatt van több, mint 1 méterrel)'. Intake-channel scale ≠ river gauge — basis of the card's 'separate scale' sentence. Cooling assured."
  },
  {
   "source": "Interfax-Ukraine",
   "date": "2026-08-01",
   "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1189888.html",
   "context": "Lithuanian embassy damage / summons corroboration"
  },
  {
   "source": "gCaptain (AP-derived)",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://gcaptain.com/eu-forces-board-sanctioned-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker/",
   "context": "Irini boards Toa Payoh: Cameroon-flagged (reflagged a week prior), EU-listed, Benin->Istanbul; Italian team by helicopter from ITS Thaon di Revel; Greek vessel + Polish MPA; ~2h; no seizure authority, documentation for possible national sequestration; MV South Star 20 Jul precedent"
  },
  {
   "source": "Kyiv Independent",
   "date": "2026-08-01",
   "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-hammered-by-ballistic-missiles-as-russia-launches-2nd-major-attack-in-48-hours/",
   "context": "Second major attack in 48 hours; 9 killed"
  },
  {
   "source": "Militarnyi",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://militarnyi.com/en/news/czech-vop-cz-to-begin-production-of-swedish-cv90-ifvs/",
   "context": "VOP CZ begins CV90 MkIV assembly at Šenov; 200+ of 246, CZK 59.7bn gross, ramp ~10/month"
  },
  {
   "source": "Liga.net",
   "date": "2026-08-01",
   "url": "https://news.liga.net/en/amp/war/news/lithuanian-embassy-in-kyiv-damaged-in-russian-attack-foreign-ministry-summons-russian-representative",
   "context": "Missiles metres from Lithuanian embassy, staff unharmed; MFA summoned Russia's representative; Budrys on sanctions/support"
  },
  {
   "source": "UNN (Air Force relay)",
   "date": "2026-08-03",
   "url": "https://unn.ua/en/news/163-out-of-181-drones-launched-by-the-russian-federation-against-ukraine-were-neutralized-overnight",
   "context": "Night 2-3 Aug: 181 drones, 163 neutralised; no missiles reported"
  },
  {
   "source": "UNN (Air Force relay)",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://unn.ua/en/news/air-defense-forces-shot-down-109-out-of-133-enemy-uavs-on-the-night-of-august-2",
   "context": "Night 1-2 Aug: 133 strike UAVs, 109 downed/suppressed; no missiles reported"
  },
  {
   "source": "UNN",
   "date": "2026-08-01",
   "url": "https://unn.ua/en/news/zelenskyy-only-one-russian-ballistic-missile-out-of-27-was-shot-down-simply-because-there-are-no-missiles-for-patriot-it-is-important-that-partners-hear-this",
   "context": "Zelensky verbatim: \"Only one ballistic missile was intercepted last night simply because there are no missiles for the Patriots\""
  },
  {
   "source": "Airbus",
   "date": "2026-07-31",
   "url": "https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-airbus-awarded-contract-for-spainsat-ng-iii-secure-communications-satellite",
   "context": "SpainSat NG-III contract from Hisdesat; Airbus prime"
  },
  {
   "source": "Al Jazeera",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/hungary-plans-to-shut-down-only-nuclear-power-plant-amid-drought",
   "context": "Paks full-shutdown plan amid drought; first in 44-year history"
  },
  {
   "source": "Al Jazeera",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/why-has-the-eu-called-an-emergency-meeting-on-spain-migrants-surge",
   "context": "22-of-27 letter verbatim (\"We cannot allow uncontrolled mass crossings, the instrumentalisation of migration or other hybrid threats...\"); Ireland presidency calls Tuesday VTC; toll 72; Grande-Marlaska \"largely restored order within 24 hours\", Morocco \"a fully reliable partner\"; almost all left by Saturday"
  },
  {
   "source": "Bloomberg",
   "date": "2026-08-01",
   "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-01/hungary-shuts-second-paks-nuclear-bloc-as-danube-level-drops",
   "context": "Paks second bloc shut 1 Aug as Danube drops"
  },
  {
   "source": "Euronews",
   "date": "2026-07-31",
   "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/31/italy-suspends-schengen-with-spain-over-ceuta-migrant-crisis-shuts-air-and-sea-borders",
   "context": "Italy formally approved month of document checks on air/sea arrivals from Spain 1-31 Aug; notified Brussels citing secondary movements; SBC article not published"
  },
  {
   "source": "Euronews (citing The Objective)",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/02/spanish-government-received-intelligence-warnings-of-ceuta-migrant-surge-days-before-crisi",
   "context": "Spanish intelligence warned for days of Throne Day surge; ~1,000 swimmers over prior 10 days; Grande-Marlaska says CNI did not warn him"
  },
  {
   "source": "Großwald Signal No. 113",
   "date": "2026-07-30",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/signal-no-113-threat-not-trespass/",
   "context": "Nightly ballistic intercept rate nominated as leading indicator"
  },
  {
   "source": "Großwald Signal No. 114",
   "date": "2026-07-31",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/signal-no-114-a-hard-thing-to-give-away/",
   "context": "Ceuta item: Guardia Civil association staffing shortfall on the fence"
  },
  {
   "source": "Großwald Signal No. 98",
   "date": "2026-07-07",
   "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/signal-no-98-everything-but-the-interceptor/",
   "context": "ATACMS-at-Unterlüß read: US sends the round it is retiring, holds back PAC-3"
  },
  {
   "source": "hartpunkt (per Diehl announcement)",
   "date": "2026-08-03",
   "url": "https://www.hartpunkt.de/diehl-defence-und-bae-systems-wollen-bei-127mm-munition-und-iris-t-flugkoerpern-fuer-den-maritimen-einsatz-kooperieren/",
   "context": "Diehl-BAE MoU: 127mm into Mk 45 Mod 4, IRIS-T into BAE maritime launchers to be examined; Buschek and Casciotti quotes"
  },
  {
   "source": "hartpunkt",
   "date": "2026-08-03",
   "url": "https://www.hartpunkt.de/gmf140-rheinmetall-stellt-neue-multi-domain-lenkwaffenfregatte-vor/",
   "context": "GMF140 offered first within a North American procurement programme (\"im Rahmen eines Beschaffungsvorhabens in Nordamerika\"), then Europe/Indo-Pacific"
  },
  {
   "source": "bne IntelliNews",
   "date": "2026-07-31",
   "url": "https://www.intellinews.com/hungary-to-deploy-emergency-measures-to-avoid-energy-crisis-as-paks-npp-could-be-shut-down-within-days-458152/",
   "context": "MAVIR major-disruption protocol; ~240 MW voluntary industrial reduction; mandatory-cut authority; rail cargo halted certain hours from Monday; public sector home Mon-Wed; peak +20% 17:00-22:00"
  },
  {
   "source": "Lockheed Martin Q2 2026 earnings call via Investing.com",
   "date": "2026-07-23",
   "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/transcripts/earnings-call-transcript-lockheed-martin-beats-q2-2026-estimates-shares-jump-93CH-4809232",
   "context": "Taiclet verbatim: \"We're basically partnering with Rheinmetall, as you heard, to move that ATACMS line into factory space in Germany, where the customer base largely is now, and expand the PrSM line without building another building for it.\""
  },
  {
   "source": "Ukrainska Pravda",
   "date": "2026-08-01",
   "url": "https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/01/8046796/",
   "context": "Night 31 Jul-1 Aug: 35 missiles (27 ballistic) + 185 drones; 9 killed, 30+ injured incl. 4 children; 18 residential buildings, school; 5 Kyiv districts"
  },
  {
   "source": "Ukrainska Pravda",
   "date": "2026-08-02",
   "url": "https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046896/",
   "context": "General Staff: strikes on Rosneft Saratov refinery (~7m t/yr, fire) and Engels airfield (Tu-95MS/Tu-160); Lyudinovo fuel depot; Navlya drone site"
  },
  {
   "source": "Reuters",
   "date": "2026-07-31",
   "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/spain-morocco-halt-deadly-rush-spanish-enclave-after-49000-cross-day-2026-07-31/",
   "context": "Ceuta base facts: ~50,000 crossings per interior ministry; Vivas 60,000"
  },
  {
   "source": "Rheinmetall",
   "date": "2026-07-07",
   "url": "https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2026/07/2026-07-07-rheinmetall-and-lockheed-martin-plan-to-produce-atacms",
   "context": "ATACMS MoU with Lockheed Martin; Unterlüß, rocket-motor/component production from 2027"
  },
  {
   "source": "Rheinmetall",
   "date": "2026-07-31",
   "url": "https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2026/07/2026-07-31-rheinmetall-delivers-weapon-systems-for-british-rch-155-wheeled-howitzer",
   "context": "Telford RCH 155 (German PR): delivery order arrived Q2 2026, low three-digit MEUR; 72 elevating masses (155mm L/52 RC) + tooling/training-support/documentation; DE+UK qualification ongoing, deliveries after verification; UK ordered 72 systems May 2026; Telford gun factory entering operation in stages; ARTEC JV. NOTE: no delivery dates or job figures in the PR — trade-press figures dropped."
  },
  {
   "source": "Rheinmetall",
   "date": "2026-08-03",
   "url": "https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/media/news-watch/news/2026/08/2026-08-03-rheinmetall-presents-the-gmf140-the-next-generation-frigate",
   "context": "GMF140 frigate unveiling: 140m/6,000t, 64 strike-length VLS, Aegis w/ optional CMS330, US-sourced BMD-capable radar; press release, no venue/exec quotes"
  }
 ]
}