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Drone used in attack on RAF Akrotiri contained Russian-made parts, report says
A drone that struck the British air base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on 1 March contained a Russian-made Kometa-B navigation system, according to reporting by The Times, a finding likely to sharpen scrutiny of military links between Moscow and…
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…
Ukraine claims disabling strike on Kalibr-capable frigate in Novorossiysk
Ukraine has struck the Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Essen in the port of Novorossiysk, according to Ukrainian security sources and open-source analysts who reviewed post-strike satellite imagery. The ship is assessed to have sustained damage severe enough to…
US claims first combat use of Precision Strike Missile in widening Iran campaign
The United States says it has used its new Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, in combat for the first time during the expanding military campaign against Iran, in what officials describe as one of the most intensive US air and…
Ukraine’s Novorossiysk strike raises new questions over Russia’s Black Sea defences
Ukraine’s large-scale strike on Novorossiysk on the night of 1–2 March appears to have inflicted damage well beyond the immediate disruption to Russian oil exports. While the attack is already known to have halted loadings at the Sheskharis oil terminal,…
Russia alleges Ukrainian assault on sanctioned gas vessel near Malta
Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out an attack on a Russian-flagged liquefied natural gas tanker in the Mediterranean, an allegation that, if confirmed, would mark a notable expansion of the maritime dimension of the war beyond the Black Sea.…
Shielding the Spear Tip: How Britain Could Defend Its Forward Bases from the Drone Age
The drone that struck RAF Akrotiri was small, comparatively cheap and — in the grim arithmetic of modern warfare — expendable. Yet it exposed something far more valuable: the vulnerability of Britain’s forward operating model in an era when unmanned…
Can Europe’s nuclear deterrent remain credible without US certainty?
Europe’s nuclear deterrence debate has sharpened as officials and analysts examine whether Britain and France can continue to provide a credible nuclear backstop in a less certain security environment. The immediate trigger has been a broader reassessment of deterrence in…
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…