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A flying blood bank for the modern battlefield
The most consequential military technologies are not always those designed to destroy an opponent. Sometimes they are the ones that make it possible to keep a wounded soldier on the battlefield alive. That is the thinking behind an experiment by…
Ukraine Says Flamingo Missiles Hit Russia’s Soyuz Rocket Centre in Samara
A reported FP-5 strike on the Progress Rocket and Space Centre brings Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign into infrastructure supporting Russia’s military space programme. The scale of the damage remains unclear, but the Samara plant is a key production site for Soyuz…
Italian NATO Fighter Downs Drone Over Latvia as Attribution Problem Turns Operational
A Eurofighter destroyed an unmanned aircraft of unknown origin inside Latvian airspace after jets scrambled from Lithuania and Estonia. The engagement shows that interception can be immediate even when responsibility remains uncertain.
AUKUS ‘Full Steam Ahead’ as Autonomous Undersea Project Advances
Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump has reaffirmed the three-country partnership as its first signature Pillar II project moves towards joint payloads and enabling systems for uncrewed underwater vehicles.
Lavrov Rules Out Front-Line Ceasefire as Moscow Signals Continued Escalation
Russia has rejected both a halt to fighting along the existing front and a proposed Black Sea moratorium, while Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that Moscow intends to make its military methods “much tougher”. The statements point towards continued…
Ukraine Turns Back to Russia’s Baltic Ports After Major Novorossiysk Strike
A reported new attack on Ust-Luga follows Ukraine’s large-scale operation against Novorossiysk, pointing to sustained pressure on widely separated Russian naval, energy and export infrastructure. Ukraine has reportedly struck the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga, returning to one of Moscow’s…
Romanian F-16s Scramble as Aerial Target Enters NATO Airspace
Romanian radar tracked an unidentified object about two kilometres inside the country for roughly 10 minutes during an attack near Ukraine's Izmail ports. Detection worked; interception did not occur before the target returned towards Ukraine.
European Arms-Plant Explosions Put Defence-Industrial Security in Focus
Explosions at ammunition facilities in Italy and Bulgaria within four days, alongside an alleged Russian assassination plot disrupted in Poland, are sharpening attention on the vulnerability of Europe’s defence-industrial base as production for Ukraine and NATO expands. A powerful explosion…
TKMS Doubles Growth Forecast as Naval Rearmament Lifts Demand
The German shipbuilder now expects annual sales to rise 10–12 per cent, but a higher revenue forecast should not be confused with an equivalent increase in production capacity.
Novorossiysk Strike Damages Four Russian Warships as Ukraine Penetrates Black Sea Fleet Base
Ukraine says two Kalibr-armed frigates, a Buyan-M missile ship and a Project 22160 patrol vessel were damaged at Novorossiysk. Satellite analysis indicates that the combined missile, aerial-drone and maritime attack may have reached additional ships and submarine-support infrastructure inside the…