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Norway confirms ‘Burevestnik’ launch from Novaya Zemlya as debate over Russia’s nuclear-powered cruise missile intensifies
Norway’s military intelligence service has confirmed that Russia’s most recent test of its nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile, 9M730 Burevestnik—NATO reporting name SSC-X-9 “Skyfall”—was launched from the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic. “We can confirm that Russia has conducted a…
Shield AI’s X-BAT: A Leap in Autonomous Air Combat or a Step Too Far?
In a significant development for unmanned aerial technology, Shield AI has unveiled the X-BAT, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) autonomous fighter jet designed for expeditionary and maritime operations in contested environments. The company touts the X-BAT as a revolutionary…
Japan: Takaichi’s Tech Diplomacy Could Redraw Asia’s Balance of Power
Japan’s newly installed Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has wasted no time in repositioning her nation at the heart of Asia’s security architecture. In her first major foreign policy signal, she pledged deepened cooperation in security, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence with…
Japan’s Strategic Response to Russian Bomber Incursion
On October 24th, 2025, Japan’s Self-Defence Forces (SDF) scrambled jets to monitor Russian warplanes, including Tu-95 strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which had flown along the edge of Japanese airspace over the Sea of Japan. This incident occurred…
Ukraine Set to Become Europe’s Frontline Shield Against Russian Aggression
Ukraine: The Emerging Bulwark of Europe’s Defence As the EU eyes accession, Ukraine is poised to reshape the continent’s military posture, offering both opportunity and strategic challenge. Ukraine is rapidly emerging as a central pillar in Europe’s defence architecture, according…
‘Russian Secrets’: Western technology used to build Russia’s Arctic seabed surveillance
An international consortium of news organisations has published detailed findings on a covert Russian programme, codenamed “Harmony”, that has installed an undersea surveillance system across the Barents Sea and adjacent Arctic waters to protect Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet. The reporting…
STRATCOM’s ‘Global Thunder 26’ nuclear command-and-control drill under way
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) has begun its annual nuclear command-and-control exercise, Global Thunder, with this year’s iteration—Global Thunder 26—having commenced on 21 October 2025. The long-planned drill tests the procedures, communications links and decision-making that underpin U.S. nuclear deterrence, and…
Royal British Legion poppy appeal launched in Brussels
The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked in Brussels with a moving tribute to the war dead, coming just ahead of Remembrance Day in November in honour of Britain’s military veterans. The 2025 poppy…
Sweden Plans Ukraine Jet Deal
Sweden, long admired for its cautious diplomacy and understated pragmatism, is now moving decisively onto the European security stage. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson confirmed on Wednesday that Sweden is in talks to sell between 100 and 150 Saab-made JAS Gripen…
Greater Cooperation with Ukraine in the Defence Industry as a Strategy to Avoid War
Security of Europe through Unity and Resolve This material was written for the Polish outlet Eastern Flank Institute and was published on the think tank’s website on 20 October 2025. The war in Ukraine is the result of a whole…