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America’s “Golden Dome” Takes Shape in $3.2bn Space Defence Push
The United States has taken a decisive step towards reshaping the future of missile defence, awarding contracts worth up to $3.2 billion to a dozen firms under its ambitious “Golden Dome” programme—a project that aspires to shift warfare’s frontier decisively…
Russian Missile and Drone Barrage Tests Ukraine’s Air-Defence Capacity
Russia launched 47 missiles and 619 drones against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s air force, in one of the heaviest recent combined attacks. The strike renewed attention on Ukraine’s need for layered air defence, interceptor stocks and European support. Russia…
Denmark confirms SAMP/T NG purchase in first export deal for European air-defence system
Denmark has moved ahead with the SAMP/T NG air-defence system, giving the Franco-Italian programme its first export success and reinforcing a wider European push to strengthen high-end air and missile defence capacity. Denmark has confirmed its move to acquire the…
Odesa strike sharpens pressure on Europe over Ukraine’s air-defence gap
Nine people were killed and 23 injured in a Russian missile-and-drone attack on Odesa on Wednesday, in a strike that again exposed the limits of Ukraine’s overstretched air defences and renewed pressure on European allies to accelerate promised deliveries of…
Finland seeks EU funding for counter-drone systems on eastern border and in Gulf of Finland
Finland will apply for €35 million in EU funding to procure drone detection and counter-drone systems for its eastern border and the Gulf of Finland, in a move linking national border security more directly to the EU’s wider response to…
Ukrainian strikes test Russian logistics in Krasnodar Krai and the Kerch Strait
Ukraine’s latest strikes on oil-dispatch infrastructure in Krasnodar Krai and on the last Russian rail ferry in the Kerch Strait appear aimed at one objective: to narrow Moscow’s logistical options for sustaining Crimea and the southern front. Neither blow is…
Victory Day under pressure as security fears reach Russia’s most symbolic parade
Reports from Kaliningrad that this year’s Victory Day parade may be cancelled have fuelled wider speculation about security concerns surrounding Russia’s 9 May celebrations. While there is no official confirmation that the main Red Square event will be called off…
Ukrainian manufacturer pitches lower-cost answer to Patriot shortage
A Ukrainian missile producer says it is working with European partners on a new air-defence system intended to provide a cheaper response to one of the most difficult problems in the current war: the cost and scarcity of intercepting ballistic…
Ukraine says it struck Russian Black Sea platform as analysts point to possible first use of Swedish RBS-15
Ukraine’s armed forces said they struck Russian positions on the Syvash drilling platform in the Black Sea during the night of 6 April, in what Kyiv described as a coordinated operation involving the Ukrainian Navy and the Unmanned Systems Forces.…
Sweden Commits $916 Million to Strengthen Air Defence Shield
Sweden is accelerating its military modernisation with a fresh multi-billion-krona investment in air defence, underlining how profoundly Europe’s security landscape has shifted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Stockholm announced on Thursday that it will procure air defence and anti-drone systems…