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Putin’s Poseidon test: Russia touts ‘super torpedo’ as nuclear signalling intensifies
Russia says it has successfully tested the nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable underwater drone Poseidon, days after heralding a fresh trial of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. President Vladimir Putin announced the Poseidon test on Wednesday, stating it was conducted the previous day…
Ukraine’s overnight strikes target oil and chemical infrastructure deep inside Russia and occupied Crimea
Ukraine mounted a series of long-range strikes in the early hours of 29 October, hitting oil and petrochemical facilities across multiple regions of Russia and occupied Crimea, according to local officials and media reports. The reported targets included an oil…
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…
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…
‘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…
Singapore’s Sci-Fi Warship: Naval Ambitions with a Drone Swarm
When Singapore’s defence minister compared the navy’s new warship to Battlestar Galactica, he wasn’t indulging in hyperbole. He was signalling a paradigm shift, one where the lines between a warship and a floating drone carrier blur. The newly launched Multi-Role Combat…
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…
Russian Su-30 and Il-78 briefly enter Lithuanian airspace; NATO jets scrambled
Two Russian military aircraft briefly violated Lithuanian airspace on Thursday evening, prompting a rapid response from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said. The incursion occurred at about 18:00 local time on 23 October near the town…
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Has Putin Played Trump Again? Ukraine, Tomahawks, and the Kremlin’s Game
In the world of high-stakes geopolitics, timing and perception often matter more than sheer firepower. President Donald Trump’s recent reluctance to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles is a vivid reminder. This is not merely a question of weaponry; it is…