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Ukraine’s donor-funded answer to Iranian drones is drawing attention far beyond the battlefield
Ukraine’s war with Russia has forced the country to develop practical answers to one of the most persistent threats in modern warfare: the Iranian-designed Shahed attack drone. What began as an urgent wartime necessity is now emerging as a significant…
Britain’s Quiet Military Footprint in Ukraine
For much of the war in Ukraine, the West’s military assistance has been measured in shipments: convoys of ammunition, artillery pieces, armoured vehicles and drones dispatched across Europe’s eastern frontier. Yet wars are not sustained by deliveries alone. They are…
Europe moves to secure its ammunition lifeline
Europe’s accelerating rearmament has taken another step forward with a new industrial alliance that aims to address one of the most pressing bottlenecks in the continent’s defence supply chain: the production of artillery propellant. The Prague-based defence conglomerate Czechoslovak Group…
Strategic Refuelling and Strategic Choices: Poland’s Defence Dilemma
Poland finds itself at a critical juncture in its defence procurement policy, grappling with a choice that illuminates broader questions about alliances, industrial autonomy and geopolitical strategy. At stake is not merely the acquisition of new tanker aircraft for the…
England Hosts Ukraine’s First Overseas Drone Factory in Strategic Defence Move
In England’s quiet Norfolk-Suffolk borderlands, far from the front lines of Europe’s most ferocious conflict, a remarkable new chapter in the Russo-Ukrainian war has quietly begun. A £200 million drone production facility, built by one of Ukraine’s most prominent unmanned-systems manufacturers,…
Forging the Future: A New Era for British Naval Shipbuilding
On a crisp February morning in Fife, amid the rhythmic cadence of hammers and the scent of fresh steel, two milestones in British shipbuilding were reached that deserve wider attention. At Babcock’s Rosyth yard in Scotland, the future HMS Active…
China’s Critical Minerals Behind America’s Missiles
The United States still possesses the world’s most formidable military. It fields the most advanced aircraft, the most sophisticated satellites and a nuclear arsenal of unmatched technological complexity. Yet, according to a warning delivered this week by lawmakers in Washington,…
AUKUS: U.K.–Australia Talks Focus on Building Weapons Together
The United Kingdom and Australia have long described each other as “natural partners,” a phrase that has echoed through decades of diplomacy, shared intelligence networks and wartime memory. Under AUKUS, that sentiment is now taking a more concrete form —…
The F-35 and the Future of European Alignment
This week, the United States ambassador to Portugal, John Arrigo, delivered a suggestion that was less a procurement recommendation than a geopolitical proposition. Lisbon, he said, should replace its aging fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft with the American-made F-35 stealth jet…
Moscow and Tehran: Alleged Verba Missile Agreement Adds New Pressure on Washington
A reported secret Russian-Iranian air defence deal has added a new layer of risk to an already volatile stand-off between Washington and Tehran, while raising wider questions about the strategic alignment linking Russia, Iran and, indirectly, China. According to a…