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Delayed, Underfunded and Unprepared: Whitehall’s Failure to Protect Britain’s Lifelines at Sea
For all the heat generated by the unveiling of Atlantic Bastion this month, one can’t escape the uncomfortable question: why has it taken so long — and why did Whitehall allow the UK’s under-sea vulnerability to fester so dangerously before…
From Zelenskyy’s Flight Path to Nuclear Bases: Europe’s Failure to Stop Rogue Drones
Four unidentified drones breaching a declared no-fly zone along President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s flight path into Dublin should have been a sobering demonstration of European readiness. Instead, it exposed how little protection exists against a threat that Russia has already normalised…
Polish rail sabotage highlights Europe’s exposure to hybrid attacks
The sabotage of a key railway line linking Warsaw with Lublin has moved Poland’s security debate from the abstract to the immediate, and renewed questions about whether Europe is treating Russia’s hybrid campaign as a real war rather than a…
Ukraine hit by one of the largest ballistic assaults on its power system since 2022
Russia launched a large overnight strike against Ukraine’s energy network on 7–8 November, combining ballistic and cruise missiles with swarms of drones. At least four people were killed, power facilities in several regions were damaged, and emergency outages were imposed…
German officials suspect AfD used parliamentary tools to seek sensitive data useful to Russia
German federal and state officials have alleged that Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) lawmakers have systematically used parliamentary inquiries to elicit sensitive information on the Bundeswehr and critical infrastructure, amid concerns that such material could be of value to Moscow. The…
Belgium orders military to shoot down unidentified drones over bases
Belgium’s armed forces have been instructed to shoot down any unidentified drones detected over military bases, following three consecutive nights of incursions above sensitive sites including the Kleine-Brogel air base. The order was issued by Chief of Defence Frederik Vansina…
Why a Rosatom-linked foundation helped build a Russian Orthodox church beside a Swedish airport
A newly built Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Västerås has become a test case for how European municipalities manage sites located near strategic infrastructure. The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, inaugurated in 2023,…
Daily 2,000–4,000 attacks: Poland outlines scale of cyber threat
Poland’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Krzysztof Gawkowski, has reported a marked increase in cyberattacks targeting the country’s critical infrastructure and attributed much of the activity to Russia. In an interview published on 10 October, Gawkowski said Russian military intelligence had…
Spanish minister’s flight reports GPS interference over Kaliningrad as research pinpoints likely jamming sites
A Spanish Air and Space Force A330 carrying Defence Minister Margarita Robles reported a satellite-navigation disturbance on 24th September while transiting the vicinity of Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave en route to Šiauliai air base, Lithuania. Spain’s defence ministry said the crew…
Russian drone probes in Poland: mapping NATO’s seams and logistics risk
Russian-origin unmanned aircraft entering Polish airspace on 10 September were not random strays but a structured probe aimed at Polish air defences and NATO decision-making. The pattern of debris south of Lublin and assessed routing towards Rzeszów–Jasionka—the principal trans-Atlantic logistics…