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Tactical radars for small drones: the “Valdai” claim and Western alternatives
Small unmanned aerial systems have turned low-altitude air defence into a detection problem as much as an interception problem. Quadcopters and lightweight fixed-wing drones can fly slowly, hover, and exploit clutter from terrain, buildings and vegetation. Their radar cross-section is…
Drone attack reported in Russia’s Tuapse: fire at port berth and refinery site
Russian authorities said drones struck infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Tuapse overnight, causing fires at a port berth and at the Tuapse oil refinery, an export-oriented facility owned by state oil company Rosneft. The operational headquarters of Russia’s…
Beijing’s Nuclear Leap: China’s Missile Deployment Signals Strategic Sea Change
A draft Pentagon report concluded this week that Beijing has likely deployed more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) across a series of newly constructed silo fields — a development with profound implications for the strategic balance between East and…
Germany logs 1,000-plus suspicious drone flights as security agencies tighten defences
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has recorded more than 1,000 suspicious drone flights so far this year, with military sites, airports and other critical infrastructure among the most frequent targets, according to comments by BKA president Holger Münch reported…
Ukraine’s SBU claims drone strike on Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in Mediterranean Sea
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, describing the operation as its first such attack in the region and the longest-range maritime strike publicly attributed to…
Ukraine says underwater drone disabled Russian submarine in Novorossiysk port
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said on Monday that it had struck a Russian Kilo-class submarine at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk using an underwater “kamikaze” drone, publishing video of a large underwater blast near a pier where vessels were…
Drone strike reported on Yaroslavl refinery as Russia cites overnight wave of attacks
A drone attack was reported overnight in Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow, with social-media footage showing a fire in an industrial district and open-source accounts identifying one of Russia’s largest oil refineries as the apparent target. Yaroslavl lies more than 700…
Ukraine targets Russian Caspian oil platform in long-range drone strike
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has claimed responsibility for a long-range drone strike on a major Russian offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea, in what Ukrainian officials describe as the first attack of its kind on Russia’s hydrocarbon production infrastructure…
Delayed, Underfunded and Unprepared: Whitehall’s Failure to Protect Britain’s Lifelines at Sea
For all the heat generated by the unveiling of Atlantic Bastion this month, one can’t escape the uncomfortable question: why has it taken so long — and why did Whitehall allow the UK’s under-sea vulnerability to fester so dangerously before…
UK steps up ‘Atlantic Bastion’ drive to shield seabed infrastructure from Russia
The United Kingdom is accelerating work on a new undersea defence network, codenamed ‘Atlantic Bastion’, in response to increased Russian activity around critical subsea infrastructure, including the recent presence of the Russian intelligence-gathering vessel Yantar near British waters. The programme…