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Ukraine Says SBU Drone Strike Destroyed Russian Tu-95 Bomber at Engels Airbase
Ukraine’s Security Service says its long-range drones destroyed a Tu-95 strategic bomber at Russia’s Engels airbase, approximately 800 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The reported loss has not yet been independently confirmed through publicly available satellite imagery. Ukraine has claimed…
Fedorov Decision Tests Ukraine’s Wartime Defence Command Structure
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision on whether to retain Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister will affect procurement reform, military technology programmes and the relationship between Ukraine’s civilian and uniformed leadership. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s pending decision on the future of Defence Minister Mykhailo…
Leaked files reveal Russian-Chinese plans to disable and destroy Starlink
Confidential presentations reportedly show Chinese and Russian specialists discussing a campaign against SpaceX’s satellite network, beginning with regulatory pressure and electronic interference before escalating to cyber attacks and the physical destruction of satellites. Russia and China have held confidential discussions…
NATO’s Saab turn is about more than replacing AWACS
NATO’s apparent decision to replace its ageing fleet of AWACS surveillance aircraft with Saab’s GlobalEye is, on the face of it, a procurement story: old planes out, newer planes in. In reality it looks rather more consequential than that. If…
Ukraine targets Russia’s satellite communications as war moves deeper into space infrastructure
Ukraine’s reported strikes on Russia’s Dubna and Vladimir space communications centres suggest that Kyiv is extending its long-range campaign from fuel, logistics and weapons facilities to the infrastructure that supports Moscow’s battlefield communications. The latest reported attack took place on…
Germany’s Possible GCAP Role Shows How FCAS Collapse Is Reshaping Fighter Politics
Germany’s possible entry into the Global Combat Air Programme has moved from speculation to an active industrial question after the collapse of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System exposed the fragility of Europe’s sixth-generation fighter ambitions. Leonardo chief executive Lorenzo…
Europe’s FCAS Fighter Jet Ambitions Crash Into National Rivalries
Europe’s aspirations for greater strategic autonomy suffered a significant setback this week as France and Germany effectively abandoned plans to jointly develop a next-generation combat aircraft, bringing an end to years of increasingly acrimonious negotiations over the Future Combat Air…