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Small Missile, Serious Message: How Babcock Plans to Beat the Drone Swarm
In an era when the drone has become both sword and scourge on modern battlefields, a new pact between British defence stalwart Babcock and a nimble Estonian start-up could mark a decisive shift in Europe’s maritime air-defence posture. The memorandum…
How France’s SCORPION Vehicles Are Being Transformed to Fight the Drone Menace
In the evolving theatre of modern war, one threat has proven both ubiquitous and vexing: the small, agile drone. From the deserts of the Middle East to the plains of Eastern Europe, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become indispensable to…
Europe’s Defence Illusion: “Readiness 2030” Will Not Deter Anyone
On paper, Readiness 2030 is the European Union’s bold answer to a deteriorating global security landscape. The initiative, quietly rebranded from its bluntly honest predecessor, ReArm Europe, promises to channel as much as €800 billion into defence spending through loans,…
Latvia Acts Swiftly as Baltic Cable Damage Tests Europe’s Resolve
When news broke that an optical fibre cable beneath the Baltic Sea had been damaged off Latvia’s coast, the reaction in Riga was swift, measured and — crucially — decisive. In an age when hesitation can invite speculation and ambiguity…
U.S.A.F. Strategic Airlift Delivers Special Forces to UK Air Bases
According to flight tracking data and aerospace observers, a cluster of U.S. Air Force strategic airlift flights has been arriving at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk. These are not the routine rotations of personnel and materiel…
Germany’s Ukraine Drone Factory Changes the Rules
Germany’s decision to host a production line for Ukrainian military drones may look, at first glance, like a technical footnote in a long and grinding war. In truth, it marks something more consequential: a subtle but unmistakable recalibration of how…
Europe’s Streets Are No Longer Safe – Internal Security Must Come First Again
Across the Continent, Europe’s once-placid boulevards, civic squares and national capitals are no longer the preserve of political deliberation alone. They have become theatres of escalating civil unrest — and the scale and frequency of these confrontations should trouble every…
A Fragile Peace: Trump, Zelenskyy and the Illusion of Security Guarantees
For nearly four years the war in Ukraine has defied expectation, proving that neither battlefield bravery nor diplomatic brinkmanship can simply conjure peace from the wreckage of geopolitics. The latest chapter — a high-stakes meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…
RCH 155: Britain and Germany Forge Deeper Defence Ties with £52m Mobile Artillery Deal
In a clear signal of deepening military co-operation between two of NATO’s principal European powers, the United Kingdom and Germany have concluded a landmark joint procurement agreement for cutting-edge RCH 155 mobile artillery systems. The £52 million contract, formally announced…
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…