Armed Forces

The Swiss army is planning new investments of 13 billion francs in communications, ground forces and cyber defences.

Swiss army wants to ramp up spending on growing Europe threats

Switzerland’s armed forces want to spend as much as 50 billion francs (S$77.3 billion) over the next years to cope with a security situation in Europe that has been deteriorating after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the country’s army chief said.

2023-08-17T14:13:53.000Z

The aim of the cut is to create a “technically and tactically sound and well-balanced” defence force by 2030.

International

Sri Lanka to slash army by a third to cut costs

Sri Lanka will slash its army by a third to 135,000 personnel by next year and to 100,000 by 2030, the state minister of defence said on Friday (Jan 13), as the country tries to cut costs in the face of its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades.

2023-01-13T09:43:28.000Z

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