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Japan Is Right to Prepare for Military Action if China Strikes Taiwan
Japan’s growing willingness to contemplate military action in the event of a Chinese assault on Taiwan is not merely a diplomatic signal. It is a long-overdue recognition of strategic reality. For too long, the illusion of distance — political, legal,…
Ukraine Uses Long-Range Neptune Missiles in Strike on Novorossiysk Port
Ukraine’s General Staff has identified a series of strategic targets in Russia hit in a recent long-range strike, saying that Ukrainian-made Neptune cruise missiles and attack drones were used against the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and energy facilities in…
Nuclear Testing Revisited: Trump, Putin and the Future of Deterrence
Nuclear testing, long regarded as part of the Cold War’s past, has returned to the diplomatic agenda. Recent remarks by President Donald Trump about restarting United States nuclear tests “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, followed by an…
Hold, Reinforce or Withdraw? Ukraine’s Dilemma in the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad Pocket
Pokrovsk has become the latest case study in how rapidly evolving battlefield technology is being constrained by something as old-fashioned as the weather. As dense fog and autumn rain settle over the eastern Ukrainian city, both Russian and Ukrainian forces…
Kyiv confirms mass Flamingo missile strike on Russian and occupied targets
Ukraine has confirmed the first massed use of its domestically produced Flamingo long-range missile in a night-time strike package that hit “several dozen” targets across Russia and occupied Ukrainian territory, including oil infrastructure, airfields and command posts. In a statement…
Batanes: A new frontline in the Indo-Pacific emerges
In the remote northern outpost of the Philippines, the quiet rhythm of island life in Batanes — once defined by fishing, farming and typhoons — is being replaced by the sound of military aircraft and missile drills. According to 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…
Dark Eagle: what the U.S. Army’s hypersonic missile means for Europe and Asia
Russia has warned that the United States intends to deploy its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), known as “Dark Eagle”, in Europe and the Asia–Pacific, asserting that missiles based in Germany could reach central Russia in six to seven minutes. The…
NATO says allies have overtaken Russia on ammunition output, as Rutte urges long-term industrial surge
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the NATO-Industry Forum in Bucharest on 6 November that allied defence industries have increased capacity to the point that the Alliance is no longer behind Russia in ammunition production. “Until recently, Russia was producing more…
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…