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China’s Wang Yi condemns record US Taiwan arms package as PLA drills intensify around the island
China has broadened its latest round of military activity around Taiwan as Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticised what Beijing describes as a record United States arms package for the island, linking the sale to what he called “provocations” by Taiwan’s…
Neutral, Rich, and Defenceless: Switzerland’s Strategic Failure
In the cloistered corridors of Switzerland’s defence circles, a blunt admission this weekend by the outgoing head of the armed forces should have echoed far beyond the country’s mountains and lakes. Lieutenant-General Thomas Süssli — a soldier accustomed to discretion…
Satellite images suggest new Russian nuclear-capable missile site near Krichev in Belarus
Russia is likely preparing to station its new nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system at a disused airbase in eastern Belarus, according to two US researchers who analysed recent commercial satellite imagery. Jeffrey Lewis, of the Middlebury Institute of International…
British Defence Exports Hit Record High, Boosting Jobs Across the UK
In what ministers are hailing as a watershed year for British industry, 2025 will go down as the year the United Kingdom achieved its highest defence export revenues on record. Official figures show that the value of defence equipment and…
How China Is Systematically Undermining Western Security
For years, Washington preferred euphemism to clarity when discussing China’s military rise. It spoke of “modernisation”, of “regional ambitions”, of a power merely seeking its place in the world. That indulgence has now evaporated. In unusually blunt language, the Pentagon…
Fire at Russian military aerodrome near Lipetsk ‘put two fighters out of action’, Ukraine says
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has said a covert operation inside Russia damaged two Russian fighter aircraft, a Su-30 and a Su-27, at a military airfield near the city of Lipetsk. In a statement dated 22 December, HUR said a…
Germany logs 1,000-plus suspicious drone flights as security agencies tighten defences
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has recorded more than 1,000 suspicious drone flights so far this year, with military sites, airports and other critical infrastructure among the most frequent targets, according to comments by BKA president Holger Münch reported…
What Ukraine Has Taught the Pentagon About the Future of the Fighting Vehicle
For more than four decades, the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle has been the dependable mule of the U.S. Army’s armoured forces: a squat, purposeful workhorse that has carried infantry into battle from the deserts of Kuwait to the alleys of…
Ukraine’s SBU claims drone strike on Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in Mediterranean Sea
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, describing the operation as its first such attack in the region and the longest-range maritime strike publicly attributed to…
Brussels Resolute as Belarus’ Hybrid Blitz on Lithuania Exposes EU Vulnerabilities
European Parliament lashes out at persistent incursions as Vilnius reels from airspace disruptions and hybrid provocations. A storm is brewing on the European Union’s eastern flank — not of the meteorological sort, but one born of low-flying balloons, contraband, and…