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New Zealand’s One-Way Drone Plan Adds Low-Cost Strike to a Maritime Force
Wellington’s plan to acquire long-range one-way drones, preferably from domestic suppliers, would give a small force an attritable strike option while testing whether sovereign production can support it at meaningful scale.
Pentagon’s 2029 Timetable Turns Ukraine Aid Into a Delivery Dispute
The Pentagon says $400 million authorised by Congress will be obligated this year but may not produce final deliveries until 2029, sharpening the divide between appropriations and battlefield supply.
Pentagon Begins Europe Force Review as ‘NATO 3.0’ Moves From Slogan to Planning
Washington’s six-month assessment could reshape American troop numbers, bases and strategic capabilities across Europe, testing whether European allies can assume greater responsibility without creating gaps in NATO’s deterrence. The Pentagon has formally begun a review of the United States’ military…
South Africa’s Moscow Turn Demands a Western Security Reckoning
South Africa’s government has long insisted that its relationship with Russia is an expression of strategic independence. Pretoria calls it non-alignment. It presents its diplomacy as a refusal to be drawn into great-power blocs and argues that the West…
Russia’s Gulf intelligence gamble could test Trump’s apparent reluctance to confront Putin
If Moscow has supplied Tehran with satellite intelligence on US military facilities, Washington may face an uncomfortable question: how should it respond when a strategic adversary operates through an increasingly capable partner? Claims that Russia has supplied Iran with satellite…
Taiwan Will Rehearse Moving Arms Factories Under Chinese Attack
Taiwan’s Han Kuang exercise is moving beyond battlefield manoeuvres to test whether weapons production, communications and maritime support can survive the opening phase of a Chinese attack.
Pentagon Says US Drone Industry Remains Years Behind Ukraine
Ukraine expects to produce six to seven million FPV drones this year. The Pentagon is still trying to create a much smaller American market while excluding the Chinese components on which cheap systems depend.
Washington’s Defence-Minerals Ban Is Five Months Away
A January deadline is meant to drive China, Russia, Iran and North Korea out of US defence supply chains, but the domestic capacity needed to replace them remains far from sufficient.
Finland Closes Airspace Near Russia Over Stray-Drone Risk
A temporary air and maritime restriction off Finland’s southern coast shows how drone activity can disrupt a NATO member even before the origin or intent of an aircraft is established.
Pentagon Opens Europe Force Review as Burden Shift Reaches the Bases
The Pentagon’s review moves NATO burden-sharing from speeches and spending targets to the harder question of which American forces, bases and specialist capabilities will remain in Europe.